CONDUCTOR

Karl Muck

1859 - 1940

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Karl Muck (October 22, 1859 – March 3, 1940) was a Hessian-born conductor of classical music. He based his activities principally in Europe and mostly in opera. His American career comprised two stints at the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). Muck endured a trial by media in 1917, after Providence Journal editor John R. Rathom falsely accused him of knowingly refusing a request to have the BSO play the Star Spangled Banner following American entry into World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Muck has received more than 78,138 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Karl Muck is the 69th most popular conductor (down from 57th in 2019), the 3,589th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,882nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Conductor.

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  • 17

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  • 1.94

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Karl Muck ranks 69 out of 128. Before him are Gary Bertini, Franz Welser-Möst, Paavo Järvi, Kent Nagano, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and Felix Mottl. After him are Jean Martinon, Iván Fischer, Jeffrey Tate, Joseph Keilberth, Paul Kletzki, and Armas Järnefelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Karl Muck ranks 88. Before him are August Enna, Fanny Bullock Workman, Jacques Loeb, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Virginie Demont-Breton, and Childe Hassam. After him are Tsubouchi Shōyō, Josephine Crowell, Maurice Paléologue, Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, Paul César Helleu, and Teodor Axentowicz. Among people deceased in 1940, Karl Muck ranks 105. Before him are Alfred Fowler, Mikhail Koshkin, Udham Singh, Maciej Rataj, Mikhail Koltsov, and Karimeh Abbud. After him are Silvestre Revueltas, Georgios Tsitas, Kamal-ol-molk, Jaan Teemant, Ernst Weiss, and Tom Mix.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Muck ranks 3,589 out of 7,253. Before him are Moritz Wagner (1813), Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866), Gerald Götting (1923), Ilse Steppat (1917), Christian Schad (1894), and Franz Kaiser (1891). After him are Rob Pilatus (1965), Horst Blankenburg (1947), Paul von Rusdorf (1385), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845), and Heinrich Tessenow (1876).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Karl Muck ranks 8. Before him are Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), Bruno Walter (1876), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Eugen Jochum (1902), Franz Danzi (1763), and Günter Wand (1912). After him are Joseph Keilberth (1908), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Michael Gielen (1927), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Hans Zender (1936), and Ludwig von Brenner (1833).

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