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Peter Schreier

1935 - 2019

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Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conducted by Rudolf Mauersberger, performing as an alto soloist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Schreier has received more than 146,162 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). Peter Schreier is the 672nd most popular musician (down from 561st in 2019), the 2,852nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,384th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Schreier ranks 672 out of 3,175. Before him are Mick Mars, Jeff Hanneman, Nikolai Zverev, Jan Akkerman, Eric Woolfson, and Chas Chandler. After him are Chaka Khan, Benny Golson, Harold Faltermeyer, Robert Smith, Elisabeth Leonskaja, and Eddie Vedder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter Schreier ranks 168. Before him are Rusty Schweickart, Gerd Albrecht, Rashad Khalifa, Ken Kercheval, Dudley Moore, and Denise Perrier. After him are Fiorenza Cossotto, Elga Andersen, Vladica Popović, Seymour Cassel, Shūji Terayama, and Zeev Sternhell. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Schreier ranks 162. Before him are Dick Dale, Edith González, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Ric Ocasek, Krishna Sobti, and Jean-Pierre Marielle. After him are Luigi Colani, José Antonio Reyes, Marie-José Nat, Don Alden Adams, Seymour Cassel, and Jörg Demus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Schreier ranks 2,852 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Tanzler (1877), Adolph Kolping (1813), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Anne Buydens (1919), Anton Flettner (1885), and Günter Wand (1912). After him are Julius Oppert (1825), Paul Augustin Mayer (1911), Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443), Johann Krieger (1651), and Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Peter Schreier ranks 36. Before him are Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Oliver Riedel (1971), Klaus Voormann (1938), and Gerd Albrecht (1935). After him are Harold Faltermeyer (1952), Robert Hausmann (1852), Menahem Pressler (1923), Conrad Graf (1782), David Garrett (1980), and Fritz Busch (1890).

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