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Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1929 - 2016

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Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical and early Romantic works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolaus Harnoncourt has received more than 366,951 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Nikolaus Harnoncourt is the 10th most popular conductor (down from 8th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 683rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Conductor.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt is a conductor who is most famous for his work with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also the founder of the Concentus Musicus Wien, a chamber music group.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 10 out of 97. Before him are Arturo Toscanini, Zubin Mehta, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, and Sergiu Celibidache. After him are Karl Böhm, Bruno Walter, Georg Solti, Otto Klemperer, Herbert Blomstedt, and Kurt Masur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 48. Before him are John Cassavetes, Ursula K. Le Guin, James Last, Mike Hawthorn, Jean Simmons, and Eric Kandel. After him are Yevgeny Primakov, Lennart Meri, Richard E. Taylor, Günter Schabowski, Christa Wolf, and Peter L. Berger. Among people deceased in 2016, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 40. Before him are Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, George Gaynes, James Cronin, Walter Scheel, and Hilary Putnam. After him are Michael Cimino, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, René Angélil, Robert Vaughn, Reinhard Selten, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 673 out of 6,142. Before him are Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Walter Scheel (1919), George, King of Saxony (1832), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), and Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910). After him are Otto Ernst Remer (1912), Christopher Clavius (1538), Gertrude the Great (1256), Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Georg Elser (1903), and Markus Wolf (1923).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Nikolaus Harnoncourt ranks 2. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886). After him are Bruno Walter (1876), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Eugen Jochum (1902), Franz Danzi (1763), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), and Michael Gielen (1927).

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