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Hermann Levi

1839 - 1900

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Hermann Levi (7 November 1839 – 13 May 1900) was a German Jewish orchestral conductor. Levi was born in Giessen, Germany, the son of a rabbi. He was educated at Giessen and Mannheim, and came to Vinzenz Lachner's notice. From 1855 to 1858 Levi studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, and after a series of travels which took him to Paris, he obtained his first post as music director at Saarbrücken, which post he exchanged for that at Mannheim in 1861. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Levi is the 644th most popular composer (down from 574th in 2019), the 2,596th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,254th in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hermann Levi ranks 644 out of 1,451. Before him are Georgy Sviridov, Pierre Henry, Malcolm Arnold, Arthur Sullivan, Johann Friedrich Agricola, and Antoine Forqueray. After him are Veljo Tormis, Oskar Nedbal, Ludwig Thuille, Ernesto Lecuona, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, and Karol Lipiński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Hermann Levi ranks 38. Before him are Gaston Paris, Ivan Goremykin, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, Imre Steindl, Ouida, and Takasugi Shinsaku. After him are Otto Finsch, Béni Kállay, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Hans Thoma, Hermann Hankel, and Nikolai Linevich. Among people deceased in 1900, Hermann Levi ranks 43. Before him are Henry Sidgwick, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Peter Waage, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, and Arthur Sullivan. After him are Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Carl Lange, Wilhelm Leibl, Gustav Hartlaub, David Edward Hughes, and Félix Ravaisson-Mollien.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Levi ranks 2,597 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis of Nassau (1538), Lujo Brentano (1844), William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717), and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1622). After him are Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1593), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Otto von Lossow (1868), Josef Frings (1887), Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615), and Hans Delbrück (1848).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hermann Levi ranks 100. Before him are Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Franz Abt (1819), Gershon Kingsley (1922), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), Johann Caspar Kerll (1627), and Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720). After him are Herms Niel (1888), Anton Walter (1752), Georg Joseph Vogler (1749), Curt Sachs (1881), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), and Tielman Susato (1500).

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