biography
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Stock, Frederick August
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| male
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| lived:
| (1872–1942)
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| biography:
| Conductor, born in Jülich, Germany. Trained in Germany, he went to the USA and became a protégé of Theodore Thomas. He joined the Chicago Symphony as a viola player (1895), succeeded Thomas as conductor (1905), and served until his death, making the orchestra a major cultural force for the whole Midwest through its educational programmes and varied repertoire. |
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