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Fritz Busch

1890 - 1951

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Fritz Busch (13 March 1890 – 14 September 1951) was a German conductor. Busch was born in Siegen to a musical family and studied at the Cologne Conservatory. After army service in the First World War, he was appointed to senior posts in two German opera houses. At the Stuttgart Opera (1918 to 1922) he modernised the repertory, and at the Dresden State Opera (1922 to 1933) he presented world premieres of operas by Richard Strauss, Ferruccio Busoni, Paul Hindemith and Kurt Weill among others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Busch is the 641st most popular musician (up from 738th in 2019), the 2,675th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,101st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Fritz Busch ranks 641 out of 3,175. Before him are Tony Sheridan, Freddie King, Wes Montgomery, Ayla Erduran, Maxim Shostakovich, and Bebo Valdés. After him are Van Cliburn, Tyler, the Creator, Dick Taylor, Jacob Gade, Johann Friedrich Fasch, and David Foster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Fritz Busch ranks 101. Before him are Johannes Vares, Konstantin Melnikov, Matome Ugaki, Vasili Eroshenko, Frank Morgan, and Princess Dagmar of Denmark. After him are Claire Lee Chennault, Henny Porten, Emilio Portes Gil, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, and Duke Kahanamoku. Among people deceased in 1951, Fritz Busch ranks 75. Before him are Jakow Trachtenberg, Liaquat Ali Khan, Maria Montez, Lincoln Ellsworth, Eugen Meindl, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. After him are Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Robert Broom, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Simon Kimbangu, Ernest Bevin, and Bernhard Kellermann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz Busch ranks 2,676 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Hoffmann (1910), Ulric Neisser (1928), Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850), Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), and Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (1580). After him are Alexander Braun (1805), Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia (1714), Heinrich Boie (1794), Walter Ruttmann (1887), Claus Schilling (1871), and Eric II, Duke of Pomerania (1418).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Fritz Busch ranks 32. Before him are Kai Hansen (1963), Christian Lorenz (1966), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Rudolf Kempe (1910), Bert Kaempfert (1923), and Christoph Schneider (1966). After him are Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688), Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Peter Schreier (1935), Conrad Graf (1782), Gerd Albrecht (1935), and Klaus Voormann (1938).

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