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Walter Susskind

1913 - 1980

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Jan Walter Susskind (1 May 1913 – 25 March 1980) was a Czech-born British conductor, teacher and pianist. He began his career in his native Prague and travelled to London in March 1939 when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Susskind has received more than 59,919 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Susskind is the 1,291st most popular composer (down from 1,228th in 2019), the 716th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 633rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Czech Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Walter Susskind ranks 1,291 out of 1,451. Before him are Monty Norman, Harald Kloser, William Sterndale Bennett, Rauf Hajiyev, John Kander, and Näcip Cihanov. After him are Vladimír Franz, Georg Friedrich Haas, Sigmund Romberg, Thomas Tomkins, Spike Jones, and Cachao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Walter Susskind ranks 327. Before him are Walt Ader, Rafael Gil, Hilda Gobbi, Mary Frizzell, Oswald Zappelli, and Bernard Lovell. After him are Aleksandr Chakovsky, Alice Marble, Oswald Szemerényi, Michael Foot, Maria Kwaśniewska, and Ernst Lörtscher. Among people deceased in 1980, Walter Susskind ranks 260. Before him are Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Keijo Liinamaa, Hans Wetterström, Louis Neefs, Alberto Soria, and David A. Johnston. After him are Mustapha Choukri, Ilie Subășeanu, Walter Kaufmann, David Marr, Domingo Acedo, and Dick Haymes.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Walter Susskind ranks 716 out of 1,200. Before him are Bohuslav Šťastný (1949), Jan Mrvík (1939), Břetislav Dolejší (1928), Iveta Bartošová (1966), František Douda (1908), and Věra Suková (1931). After him are Vladimír Franz (1959), Marek Heinz (1977), Václav Horák (1912), Bohumil Němeček (1938), František Štambachr (1953), and Eduard Bass (1888).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Walter Susskind ranks 59. Before him are Jaromír Weinberger (1896), František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Vilém Blodek (1834), Wenzel Müller (1767), and Karel Husa (1921). After him are Vladimír Franz (1959).

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