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Karl Muck

1859 - 1940

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Karl Muck (October 22, 1859 – March 3, 1940) was a Hessian-born conductor of classical music. He based his activities principally in Europe and mostly in opera. His American career comprised two stints at the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). Muck endured a trial by media in 1917, after Providence Journal editor John R. Rathom falsely accused him of knowingly refusing a request to have the BSO play the Star Spangled Banner following American entry into World War I. Although Muck was a citizen of neutral Switzerland, he was arrested based on Rathom's accusation and incarcerated as an enemy alien at Fort Oglethorpe, a German-American internment camp in Georgia from March 1918 until August 1919. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Muck is the 69th most popular conductor, the 3,527th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,589th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Karl Muck ranks 69 out of 128. Before him are Kent Nagano, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Robert Kajanus, Jiří Bělohlávek, Adrian Boult, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. After him are Paul Kletzki, Paavo Berglund, Jean Martinon, Henry Wood, Charles Mackerras, and Jorma Panula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Karl Muck ranks 82. Before him are Jacques Loeb, Kostis Palamas, Louis Majorelle, Kosta Khetagurov, Virginie Demont-Breton, and Georgios Orphanidis. After him are Samuel Alexander, Belle Gunness, Nikolay Gamaleya, Julius Klengel, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, and Nathaniel Lord Britton. Among people deceased in 1940, Karl Muck ranks 112. Before him are Walter Hasenclever, Maciej Rataj, Xhafer Ypi, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Silvestre Revueltas, and Mikhail Koltsov. After him are Phan Bội Châu, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Karimeh Abbud, Robert Maillart, Albin Lermusiaux, and Fanny Brate.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Muck ranks 3,529 out of 7,253. Before him are Rüdiger Safranski (1945), Anita Augspurg (1857), Cornelius Gurlitt (1820), Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), and Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891). After him are Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Erich Pommer (1889), Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (1666), Friedrich von Esmarch (1823), and Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1827).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Karl Muck ranks 8. Before him are Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), Bruno Walter (1876), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Franz Danzi (1763), Eugen Jochum (1902), and Günter Wand (1912). After him are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Michael Gielen (1927), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Hans Zender (1936), and Ludwig von Brenner (1833).

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