CONDUCTOR

Hans Knappertsbusch

1888 - 1965

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Hans Knappertsbusch (12 March 1888 – 25 October 1965) was a German conductor, best known for his performances of the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Richard Strauss. Knappertsbusch followed the traditional route for an aspiring conductor in Germany in the early 20th century, starting as a musical assistant and progressing to increasingly senior conducting posts. In 1922, at the age of 34, he was appointed general music director of the Bavarian State Opera, holding that post for eleven years. In 1936 the Nazi régime dismissed him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Knappertsbusch is the 22nd most popular conductor (up from 24th in 2019), the 1,468th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,571st in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 22 out of 128. Before him are Seiji Ozawa, Rafael Kubelík, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Kurt Masur, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Erich Kleiber. After him are Leopold Stokowski, Serge Koussevitzky, Georg Solti, Franz Danzi, Eugen Jochum, and Charles Dutoit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 59. Before him are John Foster Dulles, Heinrich Neuhaus, Thea von Harbou, Chandrashekhar Agashe, W. O. Bentley, and Henry A. Wallace. After him are Louis Durey, Tôn Đức Thắng, Masaharu Homma, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Antonio Sant'Elia, and Harald Sverdrup. Among people deceased in 1965, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 39. Before him are Sonny Boy Williamson II, David O. Selznick, Frederick Fleet, Clara Bow, William M. Branham, and Henry A. Wallace. After him are Adolf Schärf, Sālote Tupou III, Bernard Baruch, Carl Oberg, Frederick Browning, and Aksel Sandemose.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 1,468 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682), Werner Best (1903), Princess Sophie of Saxony (1845), Franz Ritter von Epp (1868), Josef Bühler (1904), and Beno Gutenberg (1889). After him are Adolph Wagner (1835), Uli Stielike (1954), Johann Eck (1486), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), Ludwig Büchner (1824), and Wilhelm Weitling (1808).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 4. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), and Bruno Walter (1876). After him are Franz Danzi (1763), Eugen Jochum (1902), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Michael Gielen (1927), and Ferdinand Leitner (1912).

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