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Thomas Beecham

British conductor and impresario (1879–1961)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1879-04-29
Died: 1961-03-08
Works: 11

Top works

Beecham's family almanack
A mingled chime, an autobiography
Frederick Delius
Mingled Chime
Beecham's happy thought reading puzzle book

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: GB
Active from: 1879-04-29
Active to: 1961-03-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 5,944
Total plays: 30,302

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,293x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 75,924x
U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,043x
STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,641x

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Key dates

Born: 29 April 1879
Died: 8 March 1961

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Thomas
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: St Helens
Place of death: London
Occupation: conductor
Languages spoken: English language
Noble title: Knight Bachelor
Genre: classical music

Article

Beecham rehearsing in 1948 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet (29 April 1879 – 8 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras. From the early 20th century until his death, Beecham was a major influence on the musical life of Britain and, according to the BBC, was Britain's first international conductor.

Born to a rich industrial family, Beecham began his career as a conductor in 1899. He used his access to the family fortune to finance opera from the 1910s until the start of the Second World War, staging seasons at Covent Garden, Drury Lane and His Majesty's Theatre with international stars, his own orchestra and a wide repertoire. Among the works he introduced to England were Richard Strauss's Elektra, Salome and Der Rosenkavalier and three operas by Frederick Delius.