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Hermann Prey

1929 - 1998

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Hermann Prey ([praɪ] Berlin, 11 July 1929 – Krailling, 22 July 1998) was a German lyric baritone, who was equally at home in the Lied, operatic and concert repertoires. His American debut was in November 1952, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, and his American recital debut took place in 1956, at New York's Carnegie Hall. As a Lieder singer, he was a gifted interpreter of Schubert, including his song-cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Die Winterreise and the collection of songs Schwanengesang, as well as of Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. He also appeared frequently as a soloist in Bach's Passions and Brahms' A German Requiem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Prey is the 947th most popular singer (down from 864th in 2019), the 3,783rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,618th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Hermann Prey ranks 947 out of 4,381. Before him are Helen Kane, Alfred Deller, Gitte Hænning, Biff Byford, FKA Twigs, and Lobo. After him are Dee Snider, Lizzo, B.o.B., Giuseppe Taddei, Piero Cappuccilli, and Gérard Lenorman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hermann Prey ranks 278. Before him are Hans Clarin, Berry Gordy, Ninón Sevilla, Vang Pao, Vija Artmane, and Rudi Glöckner. After him are Francesco Marchisano, Piero Cappuccilli, Cecil Taylor, Nadja Tiller, Stanisław Mikulski, and Germain Derycke. Among people deceased in 1998, Hermann Prey ranks 162. Before him are Roy Rogers, Ludvík Daněk, Eva Bartok, Alois Estermann, Fritz Buchloh, and Kea Bouman. After him are Gunter d'Alquen, Pruden, Xue Yue, Lev Dyomin, Tammy Wynette, and Victor Papanek.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Prey ranks 3,785 out of 7,253. Before him are Maximilian von Montgelas (1759), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Philipp Nicolai (1556), Walter Burkert (1931), Rudi Glöckner (1929), and Fritz Manteuffel (1875). After him are Gerhard Marcks (1889), Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1705), Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (1198), Corinna Harfouch (1954), Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), and Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Hermann Prey ranks 39. Before him are Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (1749), Henriette Sontag (1806), Diana Damrau (1971), Lotte Lehmann (1888), Liane Augustin (1927), and Hildegard Behrens (1937). After him are Peter Schilling (1956), Kurt Moll (1938), Jonas Kaufmann (1969), Roy Black (1943), Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804), and Hans Hotter (1909).

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