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Hans Richter
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Austrian-Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor (1843-1916)
OverviewAI-generated
Hans Richter was a Hungarian conductor, composer, and musicologist, born in Győr on 4 April 1843. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Carl Heissler, worked in Vienna, and worked within the opera genre, speaking German. His own student was Hans Knappertsbusch, and he is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
He died in Bayreuth on 5 December 1916.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Austria
- Active from
- 1843
- Active to
- 1916
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 286
- Total plays
- 655
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Family name
- Richter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Győr
- Place of death
- Bayreuth
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Carl Heissler
- Genre
- opera
- Image
- Hans Richter portrait photo.jpg
- Work location
- Vienna
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- date of birth
- 1843-04-04
- date of death
- 1916-12-05
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Hans Richter (conductor)
- name in native language
- Hans Richter
- student
- Hans Knappertsbusch
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Encyclopedic overview
A woodburytype of Richter by Herbert Rose Barraud (c. 1880s)
Johann Baptist Isidor Richter (Hungarian: Richter János Isidor; 4 April 1843 – 5 December 1916) was an Austro-Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor.
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