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Anton Karas

1906 - 1985

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Anton Karl Karas (7 July 1906 – 10 January 1985) was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance meeting with its director. The success of the film and the enduring popularity of its theme song changed Karas' life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Karas is the 622nd most popular musician (up from 627th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Austria (up from 542nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Anton Karas ranks 622 out of 3,175. Before her are Carla Bley, Bulbul, Carl W. Stalling, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Michael Hutchence, and Tommy Lee. After her are Laurie Anderson, Shinichi Suzuki, Carl Flesch, Henri Herz, Benny Golson, and Duane Allman.

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Among people born in 1906, Anton Karas ranks 133. Before her are Jean Dieudonné, Tekla Juniewicz, Mary Astor, Alexander Gode, Ladislao Vajda, and Berthold, Margrave of Baden. After her are Lilian Harvey, Chester Carlson, Antal Doráti, Eraldo Monzeglio, Eddie Albert, and Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1985, Anton Karas ranks 88. Before her are Denis de Rougemont, Evgeny Lifshitz, Helmuth Plessner, Karl Menger, Theodore Sturgeon, and Frank Oppenheimer. After her are Heinz Hoffmann, Edmond O'Brien, Vladimir Jankélévitch, David Purley, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, and Mahmoud Mohammed Taha.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Anton Karas ranks 527 out of 1,424. Before her are August Eigruber (1907), Valentin Inzko (1949), Inge Morath (1923), Georg Rafael Donner (1693), Thomas Muster (1967), and Alfréd Wetzler (1918). After her are Boris Kidrič (1912), Jacob Stainer (1619), Carl Djerassi (1923), Henri Herz (1803), Joseph Anton Koch (1768), and Theodor Wagner (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In Austria

Among musicians born in Austria, Anton Karas ranks 15. Before her are Joe Zawinul (1932), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), Willi Boskovsky (1909), and Annie Fischer (1914). After her are Henri Herz (1803), Jörg Demus (1928), Ingrid Haebler (1926), Trickster (null), Ignaz von Seyfried (1776), and Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915).

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