biography
pronunciation:
[liynzdaw(r)f]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1912–93)
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| biography:
| Conductor, born in Vienna, Austria. After musical studies in Vienna, he became an assistant to Bruno Walter and Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival (1934–7). He moved to New York City in 1938 to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera, and was acclaimed especially for his Wagner. He conducted the Rochester Philharmonic (1947–56), the New York City Opera and Metropolitan (1955–62), and the Boston Symphony (1962–9), the latter his most notable years. He then guest-conducted widely. |
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