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Malcolm Sargent

1895 - 1967

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Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes, the Huddersfield Choral Society, the Royal Choral Society, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists, but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians' rights to tenure, his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy. Despite this, he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic, was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble, and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Malcolm Sargent is the 117th most popular conductor (up from 119th in 2019), the 4,809th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,880th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Malcolm Sargent ranks 117 out of 128. Before him are Jaap van Zweden, Daniel Harding, Okko Kamu, Martin Turnovský, Osmo Vänskä, and Jeffrey Tate. After him are Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Raymond Leppard, John Pritchard, Eleazar de Carvalho, Robert Craft, and Alan Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Malcolm Sargent ranks 279. Before him are Phyllis Covell, Sidney Blackmer, Cecil McMaster, Lancelot Hogben, Ove Arup, and Antoni Słonimski. After him are Yakima Canutt, Anita Stewart, Dudley Nichols, Evripidis Bakirtzis, Cliff Edwards, and Aileen Pringle. Among people deceased in 1967, Malcolm Sargent ranks 253. Before him are Anatoly Maltsev, Hans Reissner, Nathaniel Cartmell, Charles Darrow, Anders Hylander, and Joe Orton. After him are Edward Givens, Simo Puupponen, Oliverio Girondo, Vladimir Sukachev, Alice Lake, and Jobyna Ralston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Sargent ranks 4,810 out of 8,785. Before him are Jill Ellis (1966), Jonathan Penrose (1933), Eric Thompson (1919), Aneurin Bevan (1897), Reggie Pridmore (1886), and Heather Oakes (1959). After him are Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Sophie Okonedo (1968), Tom Richards (1910), Margaret Scriven (1912), Holly Johnson (1960), and Matt Hancock (1978).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Sargent ranks 13. Before him are Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Adrian Boult (1889), Henry Wood (1869), Antonio Pappano (1959), Daniel Harding (1975), and Jeffrey Tate (1943). After him are Raymond Leppard (1927), John Pritchard (1921), and Andrew Parrott (1947).

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