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  Damrosch Walter Johannes - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Damrosch, Walter Johannes (1862-1950), German American conductor and composer, known for his long tenure (1928-42) as conductor of the National...
Walter, Bruno, (1876-1962), German-born American conductor, known for his performances of the works of the Austrian composers Gustav Mahler, Anton...
Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950) (See photograph) Born January 30, 1862, in Breslau, Germany (now Poland), Damrosch emigrated to the United States in 1871.
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  Walter Johannes Damrosch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Johannes Damrosch (born in Breslau, Prussia, January 30, 1862; died in New York City, December 22, 1950) was an American symphony conductor.
He was also a pioneer in the performance of music on the radio, and as such became one of the chief popularizers of classical music in the United States.
Damrosch went on to compose operas based on stories such as Cyrano de Bergerac (1913) and The Man Without a Country (1937).
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 Walter Damrosch
He was the son of the early Metropolitan Opera conductor Leopold Damrosch (1832-1885) and brother of eminent conductor
Walter Damrosch became an important figure in turn-of-the-century New York's musical life.
Damrosch died December 22, 1950 in New York.
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Walter Johannes Damrosch (30 January 1862–22 December 1950) was a conductor, composer, and educator, who significantly influenced the American public’s appreciation for music.
Damrosch’s musical training was largely at the hands of his father and the great German conductor Hans von Bulow.
Damrosch took his New York Symphony to Europe in 1920, making it the first American orchestra to be heard in Europe.
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 Damrosch, Walter (Johannes) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Damrosch, Walter (Johannes)
He studied in Germany and settled in the USA in 1871, and became conductor of the New York Oratorio and Symphonic Societies in 1885.
He was director of the Damrosch Opera Company 1894–99, giving the first US performances of several operas by Wagner.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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JOHANNES BRAHMS was born in the Free City of Hamburg on May 7, 1833, and died in Vienna on April 3, 1897.
Brahms’s first mention of the Fourth Symphony is in a letter of August 19, 1884 to his publisher, Fritz Simrock.
The American premiere was conducted by Walter Damrosch with the New York Symphony on December 11, 1886.
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Damrosch, Walter Johannes (1862-1950), German American conductor and composer, known for his long tenure (1928-1942) as conductor of the National Broadcasting Company Symphony Orchestra..
onductor, composer, educator; born in Breslau, Prussia (son of Leopold Damrosch).
He came to the U.S.A. with his family in 1871 and was largely trained in music by his father.
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 Damrosch Walter Johannes - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Damrosch Walter Johannes - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Damrosch, Walter Johannes (1862-1950), German-American conductor and composer, known for his long tenure (1928-1942) as conductor of the National...
The first American grand opera was Leonora (1845) by William Henry Fry.
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 Walter Johannes Damrosch - Encyclopedia.com
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Walter Johannes Damrosch 1862-1950, German-American conductor and composer; son of Leopold Damrosch.
In 1894 he organized the Damrosch Opera Company, which introduced opera in many American cities.
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 Columbia Encyclopedia - Damrosch Walter Johannes - AOL Research & Learn
Columbia Encyclopedia - Damrosch Walter Johannes - AOL Research & Learn
1862–1950, German-American conductor and composer; son of Leopold Damrosch.
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 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music: Damrosch, Walter (Johannes) @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Damrosch, Walter (Johannes) (b Breslau, 1862; d NY, 1950).
conductor and composer, younger son of Leopold Damrosch.
Damrosch Opera Co. in NY 1894–9 when it disbanded.
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 AllRefer.com - Walter Johannes Damrosch (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Walter Johannes Damrosch (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Walter Johannes Damrosch, Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biographies
Walter Johannes Damrosch 1862–1950, German-American conductor and composer; son of Leopold Damrosch.
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 German American Corner: DAMROSCH, Walter Johannes (1862-1950)
DAMROSCH, Walter Johannes (1862-1950), German-American conductor and composer, known for his long tenure (1928-42) as conductor of the National Broadcasting Co. Symphony Orchestra.
Born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocaw, Poland), he was the son of the eminent German-American conductor, violinist, and composer Leopold Damrosch (1832-85) and the brother of the noted choral conductor Frank Heino Damrosch (1859-1937).
Trained by his father and by the German conductor Hans von Bulow, he conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1884-91 and 1900-2), organized and directed the Damrosch Opera Company (1894-1900), and was conductor of the New York Symphony Society (1885-1927) founded by his father.
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 Biography of Walter (Johannes) Damrosch with gold-music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Conductor, composer, educator; born in Breslau, Prussia (son of Leopold Damrosch).
He also began an assistantship at the Metropolitan Opera (1885--91), during which time he helped to promote German opera.
He also produced his own opera, The Scarlet Letter (1896); his second, Cyrano de Bergerac, was done by the Metropolitan Opera in 1913.
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