CONDUCTOR

Thomas Beecham

1879 - 1961

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Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 1879 – 8 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Beecham has received more than 427,036 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Thomas Beecham is the 46th most popular conductor (up from 56th in 2019), the 1,827th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,095th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Conductor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Thomas Beecham ranks 46 out of 128. Before him are Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Riccardo Chailly, John Barbirolli, Lovro von Matačić, and Antal Doráti. After him are Colin Davis, Semyon Bychkov, José Antonio Abreu, Karel Ančerl, Günter Wand, and Leo Borchard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Thomas Beecham ranks 85. Before him are Eli Heckscher, Kosta Pećanac, Patrick Pearse, Oskar Barnack, Johan Nygaardsvold, and Aleksandër Moisiu. After him are Thành Thái, Vanessa Bell, José Millán-Astray, Ernest Jones, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1961, Thomas Beecham ranks 57. Before him are Henri Breuil, Robert Garrett, Maya Deren, Paul Ramadier, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, and Grandma Moses. After him are Vanessa Bell, Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky, Charles D. B. King, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Domenico Tardini, and Mihail Sadoveanu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Beecham ranks 1,827 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Priest (1943), Matthew Paris (1200), Leo Genn (1905), John Wetton (1949), Andrew Irvine (1902), and Allan Octavian Hume (1829). After him are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), Terry Venables (1943), Margaret Douglas (1515), and Christabel Pankhurst (1880).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Thomas Beecham ranks 5. Before him are Leopold Stokowski (1882), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Simon Rattle (1955), and John Barbirolli (1899). After him are Colin Davis (1927), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Adrian Boult (1889), Antonio Pappano (1959), Henry Wood (1869), and Raymond Leppard (1927).

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