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Adrian Boult

1889 - 1983

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Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (; 8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was a British conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company. His first prominent post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924. When the British Broadcasting Corporation appointed him director of music in 1930, he established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became its chief conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adrian Boult is the 67th most popular conductor (up from 84th in 2019), the 2,729th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,954th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Adrian Boult ranks 67 out of 128. Before him are Marek Janowski, Franz Welser-Möst, Kent Nagano, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Robert Kajanus, and Jiří Bělohlávek. After him are Esa-Pekka Salonen, Karl Muck, Paul Kletzki, Paavo Berglund, Jean Martinon, and Henry Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Adrian Boult ranks 153. Before him are Alexander Vertinsky, Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Bodil Ipsen, Larry Semon, Robert Z. Leonard, and Ki Hajar Dewantara. After him are Erich Pommer, Zhang Qun, James Whale, Alexander Antonov, Louis Van Hege, and Hans Tropsch. Among people deceased in 1983, Adrian Boult ranks 126. Before him are Cathy Berberian, Raymond Massey, Gunta Stölzl, Ernst Degner, Johan Richthoff, and Fatma Begum. After him are Herman Kahn, Werner Egk, José Iraragorri, Gabrielle Roy, Barbara Karinska, and Gunnar Thoroddsen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 2,730 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Price (1942), Henry Tandey (1891), Edmund Gwenn (1877), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Trevor Horn (1949), and Richard Johnson (1927). After him are Edwin Flack (1873), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Ian McDonald (1946), Anthony Asquith (1902), James Challis (1803), and Ray Cooney (1932).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 8. Before him are Simon Rattle (1955), Colin Davis (1927), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), John Barbirolli (1899), Thomas Beecham (1879), and Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893). After him are Henry Wood (1869), Antonio Pappano (1959), Daniel Harding (1975), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Malcolm Sargent (1895), and Raymond Leppard (1927).

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