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Raymond Leppard

1927 - 2019

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Raymond John Leppard (11 August 1927 – 22 October 2019) was a British-American conductor, harpsichordist, composer and editor. In the 1960s, he played a prime role in the rebirth of interest in Baroque music; in particular, he was one of the first major conductors to perform Baroque opera, reviving works by Claudio Monteverdi and Francesco Cavalli. He conducted operas at major international opera houses and festivals, including the Glyndebourne Festival where he led the world premiere of Nicholas Maw's The Rising of the Moon, the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House. He composed film scores such as Lord of the Flies and Alfred the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Leppard is the 119th most popular conductor (down from 106th in 2019), the 5,018th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,647th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Raymond Leppard ranks 119 out of 128. Before him are Okko Kamu, Martin Turnovský, Osmo Vänskä, Jeffrey Tate, Malcolm Sargent, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. After him are John Pritchard, Eleazar de Carvalho, Robert Craft, Alan Gilbert, Tugan Sokhiev, and Arthur Fiedler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Raymond Leppard ranks 419. Before him are Tamara Nosova, Leslie Orgel, W. S. Merwin, Teodor Kocerka, Frank O'Farrell, and Alfons Van Brandt. After him are Hugo Budinger, François Nourissier, James Broderick, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Leonid Shcherbakov, and Red Mitchell. Among people deceased in 2019, Raymond Leppard ranks 487. Before him are Sheila Dikshit, Clive Swift, Bruno Nicolè, Aleksey Buldakov, Basil Heatley, and Edward Seaga. After him are Žarko Varajić, Napoleon Chagnon, Roky Erickson, Djimrangar Dadnadji, Gennadi Manakov, and Carmine Caridi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Leppard ranks 5,019 out of 8,785. Before him are Georgia Moffett (1984), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), John Henry Davies (1864), Edward Lhuyd (1660), and Victor Johnson (1883). After him are Thomas Heywood (1574), C. H. Dodd (1884), Ronald Drever (1931), Susan Hampshire (1937), Vashti Bunyan (1945), and Conor Coady (1993).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Raymond Leppard ranks 14. Before him are Adrian Boult (1889), Henry Wood (1869), Antonio Pappano (1959), Daniel Harding (1975), Jeffrey Tate (1943), and Malcolm Sargent (1895). After him are John Pritchard (1921), and Andrew Parrott (1947).

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