CONDUCTOR

Raymond Leppard

1927 - 2019

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Raymond John Leppard (11 August 1927 – 22 October 2019) was a British-American conductor, harpsichordist, composer and editor. In the 1960s, he played a prime role in the rebirth of interest in Baroque music; in particular, he was one of the first major conductors to perform Baroque opera, reviving works by Claudio Monteverdi and Francesco Cavalli. He conducted operas at major international opera houses and festivals, including the Glyndebourne Festival where he led the world premiere of Nicholas Maw's The Rising of the Moon, the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Leppard has received more than 116,684 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Leppard is the 106th most popular conductor (up from 107th in 2019), the 3,647th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,391st in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Conductor.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Raymond Leppard ranks 106 out of 128. Before him are Gustavo Dudamel, Tomás Bretón, Milan Horvat, Dennis Russell Davies, Hans Zender, and Georg Schnéevoigt. After him are Kirill Petrenko, Martin Turnovský, Eri Klas, Nikolai Golovanov, Okko Kamu, and John Pritchard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Raymond Leppard ranks 324. Before him are Thadée Cisowski, Trude Beiser, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Kay Kendall, Dieter Henrich, and Lisa Lu. After him are Tore Svensson, Dick Savitt, Barbara Rush, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Johan Ferner, and Helmut Zilk. Among people deceased in 2019, Raymond Leppard ranks 344. Before him are Zlatko Škorić, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, Verna Bloom, Günter Kunert, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, and Ilaria Occhini. After him are Gjermund Eggen, Ora Namir, Jessica Jaymes, Jorma Kinnunen, Jed Allan, and José Manuel Estepa Llaurens.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Leppard ranks 3,647 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Dean (1944), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), David Dunbar Buick (1854), David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919), William Davies Evans (1790), and Roger Allam (1953). After him are Peter Cook (1936), Hector Boece (1465), John Derbyshire (1878), Ralph Cudworth (1617), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), and Sam Riley (1980).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Raymond Leppard ranks 12. Before him are Colin Davis (1927), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Adrian Boult (1889), Antonio Pappano (1959), and Henry Wood (1869). After him are John Pritchard (1921), Daniel Harding (1975), Malcolm Sargent (1895), and Andrew Parrott (1947).

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