Bruno Walter
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1876
- Died
- 1962
- Works
- 23
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Film & TV
Acting · Berlin, Germany
Known for
- The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past — Self1993
- Omnibus — Self1967
- Bruno Walter: The Maestro, the Man — Self1958
- Botschafter der Musik — Self1952
- Carnegie Hall — Bruno Walter1947
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Bruno Walter (Sept 15, 1876 – Feb 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. One of the most famous conductors of the 20th century, he was born in Berlin, but moved to several countries between 1933 and 1939, finally settling in the United States in 1939. He was born Bruno Schlesinger, but began using Walter as his surname in 1896, and officially changed his surname to Walter upon becoming naturalised in Austria in 1911. In 1896 Schlesinger took a conducting position at the opera house
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 30,366x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,367x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,320x
- Reassembling the Social
· 2005 · cited 15,119x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,244x
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Key facts
- Born
- Bruno Schlesinger , ( 1876-09-15 ) September 15, 1876, Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- February 17, 1962 (1962-02-17) (aged 85), Beverly Hills , California, U.S.
- Occupations
- Composer , conductor , pianist
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 15 September 1876
- Died
- 17 February 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruno
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Educated at
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- German
Works in European collections
22 objects attributed to Bruno Walter, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
La Walkyrie: (1er acte), scène III; Manner Sippe sass here in the hall (Tous nos parents groupés autour de nous)/(Wagner)
La Walkyrie: (1er acte), scène III; what’s gliding there bright in a glimmer’s light? (Une épée est là sous les yeux)/(Wagner)
“Die Wal” e“: 1st act, 3rd scene; Siegmund”ich/(Wagner)
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Bruno Walter (born Bruno Schlesinger, September 15, 1876 – February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. Born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the United States in 1939. He worked closely with Gustav Mahler, conducting the premieres of his Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde. He held major positions with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others, made recordings of historical and artistic significance, and is widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century.
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