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German conductor (1920–1990)

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Germany
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1920
Active to
1990

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Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920, Dresden – 20 November 1990, Dresden) was a German conductor. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began conducting in Pirna and Rostock; and in 1948 he began a three-decade-long association with the Leipzig Radio Orchestra and Choir, of which he became the principal conductor in 1960. Meanwhile in 1977 Kegel took the position of principal conductor of Dresden Philharmonic Or

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human
Given name
Herbert
Gender
male
Place of death
Dresden
Languages spoken
German
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Philips Records
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Herbert Kegel
date of birth
1920-07-29
date of death
1990-11-20
manner of death
Suicide
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Herbert Kegel
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