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George Szell, an Uncommon card
George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Széll, or Georg Szell, was an Austro-Hungarian-born American conductor, composer, and pianist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
George Szell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Szell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Szell came to Cleveland in ____ to take over its respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II.
Answer
1940s. Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over its respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II. From the George Szell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya 80 · Silvana Armenulić 76 · George Szell 73 · Nino Manfredi 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, he was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and recorded much of the standard classical repertoire in Cleveland and with other orchestras.
- Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over its respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II.
- By the time of his death he was credited, to quote the critic Donal Henahan, with having built it into "what many critics regarded as the world's keenest symphonic instrument." Through his recordings, Szell has remained a presence in the classical music world long after his death, and his name remains synonymous with that of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Szell article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get George Szell
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Szell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
