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Peter Schreier

1935 - 2019

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Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conducted by Rudolf Mauersberger, performing as an alto soloist. He became a tenor, focused on concert and lieder singing, well known internationally for the Evangelist parts in Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Passion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Schreier is the 665th most popular musician (up from 672nd in 2019), the 2,772nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,852nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Schreier ranks 665 out of 3,175. Before him are Gaspara Stampa, Rezső Seress, Clifford Brown, Wendy Carlos, Axel Rudi Pell, and Curtis Mayfield. After him are Conrad Graf, Ben Webster, Bill Bruford, Tico Torres, Rick Wakeman, and Gerd Albrecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter Schreier ranks 168. Before him are Geoffrey Lewis, Kenneth Tsang, Esther Vilar, Jack Charlton, Leonardo Del Vecchio, and Vasily Livanov. After him are Luboš Kohoutek, Gerd Albrecht, Cliff Jones, M. Emmet Walsh, Fiorenza Cossotto, and Peter Bichsel. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Schreier ranks 162. Before him are Monkey Punch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Harrison Dillard, Sogyal Rinpoche, John C. Bogle, and Jörg Demus. After him are Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Goro Shimura, Luigi Colani, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Keith Flint, and José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Schreier ranks 2,773 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Christian Reil (1759), Jawed Karim (1979), Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602), and Jürgen Ehlers (1929). After him are Jörg Immendorff (1945), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739), Cornelia Funke (1958), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779), Oskar von Hutier (1857), and Conrad Graf (1782).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Peter Schreier ranks 35. Before him are Rudolf Kempe (1910), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Christoph Schneider (1966), Fritz Busch (1890), Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688), and Axel Rudi Pell (1960). After him are Conrad Graf (1782), Gerd Albrecht (1935), Klaus Voormann (1938), Klaus Tennstedt (1926), Harold Faltermeyer (1952), and Oliver Riedel (1971).

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