CONDUCTOR

Kurt Masur

1927 - 2015

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Kurt Masur (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt maˈzuːɐ̯]; 18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and also served as music director of the New York Philharmonic for about ten years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Masur has received more than 599,669 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Kurt Masur is the 19th most popular conductor (down from 16th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Poland (down from 250th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Conductor.

Kurt Masur is most famous for his work as the conductor of the New York Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Kurt Masur ranks 19 out of 128. Before him are Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Otto Klemperer, Georg Solti, Herbert Blomstedt, and Rafael Kubelík. After him are Carlo Maria Giulini, Felix Weingartner, Erich Kleiber, Leopold Stokowski, Hans Knappertsbusch, and Eugen Jochum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Kurt Masur ranks 77. Before him are Jean-Claude Pascal, Claude Gensac, Narciso Yepes, Herbert Blomstedt, César Milstein, and Steve Ditko. After him are George C. Scott, Lucio Fulci, Günter Guillaume, Wadie Haddad, Sabah, and Alfredo Kraus. Among people deceased in 2015, Kurt Masur ranks 72. Before him are Alfred G. Gilman, Georges Wolinski, Gabriele Ferzetti, Chantal Akerman, Robert Loggia, and Khaled al-Asaad. After him are Dettmar Cramer, Licio Gelli, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Rod Taylor, Árpád Göncz, and Patrick Macnee.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Masur ranks 291 out of 1,694. Before him are Moïse Kisling (1891), Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845), Siemomysł (922), Stanislav Kosior (1889), Adam Czerniaków (1880), and Viktor Ullmann (1898). After him are Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Miguel Najdorf (1910), Mateusz Morawiecki (1968), Stefan Czarniecki (1599), Jan Karski (1914), and Otto Mueller (1874).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Poland

Among conductors born in Poland, Kurt Masur ranks 2. Before him are Otto Klemperer (1885). After him are Kurt Sanderling (1912), Marek Janowski (1939), and Paul Kletzki (1900).

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