biography
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Walter, Bruno
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originally Bruno Walter Schlesinger
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pronunciation:
[valter]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1962)
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| biography:
| Conductor, born in Berlin, Germany. A protégé of Mahler, he was in charge of the Munich Opera (1913–22) and from 1919 was chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. International tours won him a worldwide reputation before he fled the Nazis in 1938. Settling in the USA the next year, he guest-conducted widely over the next two decades, including many appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, and he also led the New York Philharmonic (1947–9). He was best known for his performances and recordings of the Viennese classics from Mozart and Beethoven to Brahms and Mahler. |
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