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Erich Leinsdorf (Erich Landauer) (February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures [1] He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. [2] He also published books and essays on musical matters.

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Biography

Leinsdorf was born in Vienna, and was studying music at a local school by the age of 5. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. He studied conducting at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and later at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Academy of Music. In Salzburg, the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum Salzburg honours the Austrian city's most famous son is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. From 1934 to 1937 he worked as an assistant to Bruno Walter and Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Bruno Walter ( September 15, 1876 &ndash February WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele is a prominent festival of Music and Drama. He conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1938, being particularly noted for his Wagner; after the sudden death of Artur Bodanzky in 1939, Leinsdorf was named the Met's "head of German repertoire". The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. The City of New York Artur Bodanzky (also written as Artur Bodzansky) ( December 16 1877 in Vienna – 23 November 1939 in New York [1][3]

In 1942 Leinsdorf became a naturalized American citizen. [1] From 1943 he had a brief three-year post as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra, but was absent for much of this tenure because he was drafted into the United States Armed Forces for World War II; the orchestra did not renew Leinsdorf's contract. The Cleveland Orchestra, located in Cleveland, Ohio is one of the major symphony Orchestras in the United States. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Many years later, in the transition in Cleveland from Lorin Maazel to Christoph von Dohnányi between 1982 and 1984, Leinsdorf returned to lead several concerts; Leinsdorf described his role as "the bridge between the regimes". WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Christoph von Dohnányi (born September 8, 1929) is [3]

He was the principal conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1947 to 1955 and of Rochester, New York's mentality and inner politics in music - he has been often quoted as saying "Rochester is the best disguised dead end in the world!"; subsequently he was briefly head of the New York City Opera, before resuming his association with the Met. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO is an American Orchestra based in the city of Rochester Monroe County New York. New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb| New York State Theater]] The New York City Opera (NYCO is based in Philip Johnson 's New York State [1] In 1962 he was named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based at Symphony Hall in Boston Massachusetts, USA His time in Boston would produce many recordings for RCA, but was also marked by controversy, as Leinsdorf occasionally clashed with musicians and administrators. [2]

On November 22, 1963, during a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he delivered this sad news: "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a press report over the wires . Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. . . We hope that it is unconfirmed but we have to doubt it . . . that the President of the United States has been victim . . . of an assassination. [audience gasps and murmurs loudly] We will play the Funeral March from Beethoven's third symphony. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. The Symphony No 3 in E flat major ( Op 55 by Ludwig van Beethoven (known as the Eroica which is Italian for "heroic" "[4] He was referring to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. The assassination of John F Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas

In the middle of conducting a concert series with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1967, Leinsdorf abruptly fled the country at the start of the Six-Day War; he left so hurriedly that he even forgot to take his tuxedo. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisre'elit Background Suez Crisis aftermath The Suez Crisis of 1956 represented a military defeat but a political victory for Egypt Upon Leinsdorf's sudden departure, Zubin Mehta went to conduct the orchestra during the war. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Zubin Mehta (born April 29 1936 is an Indian conductor [5]

In 1969 Leinsdorf left the Boston post. He would continue to guest-conduct operas and orchestras around the world for the next two decades, being particularly associated with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842 He also served from 1978 to 1980 as principal conductor of the (West) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. [2] He died of cancer in Zurich, Switzerland, at the age of 81. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation

Recordings

Leinsdorf made numerous recordings throughout his career, including some 78-rpm discs for Columbia Records with the Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company He made a number of recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Capitol. The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil LAP or LAPO is an American Orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as In the 1950s, he was conductor for a series of complete stereophonic opera recordings for RCA Victor, made in Rome, beginning with Puccini's Tosca with Zinka Milanov, Jussi Bjoerling, and Leonard Warren (RCA CD #63305). RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Tosca is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Zinka Milanov née Zinka Kunc ( May 17, 1906 in Zagreb, Croatia – May 30, WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Johan Jonatan (sometimes spelled as "Bjoerling" in English-language sources ( 5 The American Opera singer Leonard Warren ( April 21, 1911 - March 4, 1960) was a famous Baritone He continued to record for RCA as music director of the Boston Symphony. Later he again made additional operatic recordings, including the first complete stereo recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die tote Stadt, with Carol Neblett and René Kollo (RCA CD #87767[2]) . Erich Wolfgang Korngold ( May 29, 1897 &ndash November 29, 1957) was an Academy Award -winning 20th century Film and Die tote Stadt ( German: The Dead City) is an Opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Carol Neblett (born February 1, 1946, in Modesto, California is an American operatic soprano René Kollo (born November 20, 1937) is a German Tenor. He was born René Kollodzieyski in Berlin and grew up in Wyk auf Also under RCA, Leinsdorf conducted the BSO with pianist Arthur Rubinstein in recording The Rubinstein Collection, which included the second complete recording of all of Beethoven's piano concertos by Rubinstein.

Selected discography

Recordings made with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for RCA Records:

Television

Leinsdorf with the BSO appreared regularly on local broadcasts from WGBH-TV. Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli American Violin Virtuoso, conductor, and Pedagogue WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Kurt Julian Weill ( March 2, 1900 &ndash April 3, On August 17, 1967, Leinsdorf conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a two-hour primetime special telecast in color on NBC, a reflection of the days when a commercial network would periodically broadcast a full-length classical concert. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The program, entitled An Evening at Tanglewood, featured violinist Itzhak Perlman as guest soloist. Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli American Violin Virtuoso, conductor, and Pedagogue [6]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c d Slonimsky, N. (1994). The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th edition, New York: G. Schirmer, p. 559. ISBN 002872416X.  
  2. ^ a b c Bruce Eder. Erich Leinsdorf Biography. All Music. Retrieved on 2007-05-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors.
  3. ^ a b Rosenberg, Donald (2000). The Cleveland Orchestra Story. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Co. . ISBN 1-886228-24-8.  
  4. ^ Bennett, Susan (2003). President Kennedy Has Been Shot: Experience the Moment-To-Moment Account of the Four Days That Changed America. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Mediafusion. ISBN 1402201583.  
  5. ^ Steve Cohen (5 June 1998). Adversity brings out the best in the Israel Philharmonic. Jewish news weekly of Northern California. Retrieved on 2007-05-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors.
  6. ^ "An Evening at Tanglewood", Time, 16 August 1967. Retrieved on 2007-07-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final  

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