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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 110,832 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Raymond Leppard is the 107th most popular conductor (down from 92nd in 2019), the 4,400th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,061st in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Conductor.

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  • 110k

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  • 43.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Raymond Leppard ranks 107 out of 97. Before him are Kirill Petrenko, John Pritchard, Andris Nelsons, Ludwig von Brenner, Malcolm Sargent, and Daniel Harding. After him are Jaap van Zweden, Eleazar de Carvalho, Arthur Fiedler, Albert Coates, Osmo Vänskä, and Alan Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Raymond Leppard ranks 356. Before him are Heini Walter, James Broderick, Leonid Shcherbakov, Edward Abbey, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, and Sirkka Polkunen. After him are Gábor Benedek, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Chris Connor, Pat Carroll, Vladimir Motyl, and Roberto Bussinello. Among people deceased in 2019, Raymond Leppard ranks 394. Before him are Stanton T. Friedman, Anatoly Krutikov, Sheila Dikshit, Nina Fyodorova, Russi Taylor, and Eduardo Nascimento. After him are Shivakumara Swami, Ivan Kizimov, Nikolai Gorbachev, Chuck Peddle, Martin Feldstein, and D. A. Pennebaker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Leppard ranks 4,400 out of 7,765. Before him are Emma Thomas (1971), Nick Rhodes (1962), Cherie Blair (1954), Leslie Marr (1922), Jack Rowley (1920), and Mark Blundell (1966). After him are Adam Godley (1964), Charles W. Alcock (1842), Allan Warren (1948), Jonathan Lynn (1943), Norman Read (1931), and Joe Orton (1933).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Raymond Leppard ranks 14. Before him are Henry Wood (1869), Adrian Boult (1889), Antonio Pappano (1959), John Pritchard (1921), Malcolm Sargent (1895), and Daniel Harding (1975). After him are Andrew Parrott (1947).

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