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Erich Leinsdorf (Erich Landauer) (February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. He also published books and essays on musical matters.

sdorf was born in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, and was studying music at a local school by the age of 5.






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Erich Leinsdorf (Erich Landauer) (February 4, 1912 – September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. He also published books and essays on musical matters.

Biography

Leinsdorf was born in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, and was studying music at a local school by the age of 5. He studied conducting at the Mozarteum in Salzburg
Salzburg

is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria and the capital city of the states of Austria of Salzburg ....
, and later at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Academy of Music. From 1934 to 1937 he worked as an assistant to Bruno Walter
Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter was a Germany-born Conducting and composer. He was born in Berlin, but moved to several countries between 1933 and 1939, finally settling in the United States in 1939....
 and Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini was an Italian people conductor. One of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and 20th Centuries, he was renowned for his brilliant intensity, his restless perfectionism, his phenomenal ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory....
 at the Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival

The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....
. He conducted at the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
 in New York City from 1938, being particularly noted for his Wagner
Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
; after the sudden death of Artur Bodanzky
Artur Bodanzky

Artur Bodanzky was an Austrian-USA conducting particularly associated with the operas of Richard Wagner....
 in 1939, Leinsdorf was named the Met's "head of German repertoire".

In 1942 Leinsdorf became a naturalized American citizen. From 1943 he had a brief three-year post as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five "....
, but was absent for much of this tenure because he was drafted into the United States Armed Forces for World War II; the orchestra did not renew Leinsdorf's contract. Many years later, in the transition in Cleveland from Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel

Lorin Varencove Maazel is a conducting, viola and composer....
 to Christoph von Dohnányi
Christoph von Dohnányi

Christoph von Dohn?nyi is a conducting of Hungarian people and German ancestry....
 between 1982 and 1984, Leinsdorf returned to lead several concerts; Leinsdorf described his role as "the bridge between the regimes".

He was the principal conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is an American orchestra based in the city of Rochester, New York. Its primary concert venue is the Eastman Theatre at the Eastman School of Music....
 from 1947 to 1955. Leinsdorf came to despair of what he saw as Rochester's insular musical culture, famously remarking that "Rochester is the best disguised dead end in the world!" Subsequently he was briefly head of the New York City Opera
New York City Opera

The New York City Opera was founded in 1943 with the aim of an opera company that would be financially accessible to a wide audience, innovative in its choice of repertory, and a home for United States singers and composers....
, before resuming his association with the Met.

In 1962 he was named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five "....
. His time in Boston would produce many recordings for RCA, but was also marked by controversy, as he occasionally clashed with musicians and administrators.

More than once Leinsdorf's performances were interrupted by historical events. On November 22, 1963, during a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he delivered this sad news: "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a press report over the wires ... We hope that it is unconfirmed but we have to doubt it ... that the President of the United States has been victim ... of an assassination. [audience gasps and murmurs loudly] We will play the Funeral March from Beethoven's
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
 third symphony
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)

The Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven is a musical work sometimes cited as marking the end of the Classical period and the beginning of musical Romantic music....
." He was referring to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy assassination

The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m....
 in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
.

In the middle of conducting a concert series with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel. Originally known as the Palestine Orchestra, the IPO was founded by violinist Bronislaw Huberman in 1936, at a time when many Jewish musicians were being fired from European orchestras....
 in 1967, Leinsdorf abruptly fled the country at the start of the Six-Day War
Six-Day War

In the Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967, Israel defeated the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In Arabic, the war is called ....
; he left so hurriedly that he even forgot to take his tuxedo. Upon Leinsdorf's sudden departure, Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta is an Indian conducting of Western classical music....
 went to conduct the orchestra during the war.

In 1969 Leinsdorf left the Boston post. He would continue to guest-conduct operas and orchestras around the world for the next two decades, being particularly associated with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall....
. He also served from 1978 to 1980 as principal conductor of the (West) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1946 by USA occupation forces as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester ....
. He died of cancer in Zürich
Zürich

Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
, Switzerland, at the age of 81.

His notable students include John Ferritto
John Ferritto

John E. Ferritto is an United States composer, conductor, and music professor.He graduated with honors in piano and violin performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music, and also holds a Master of Music in composition from Yale University, where he studied piano with Ward Davenny, conducting with Gustav Meier, and composition with Mel...
.

Recordings

Leinsdorf made numerous recordings throughout his career, including some 78-rpm discs for Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 with the Cleveland Orchestra. He made a number of recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an United States orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September....
 for Capitol
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
. In the 1950s, he was conductor for a series of complete stereophonic opera recordings for RCA Victor, made in Rome, beginning with Puccini's Tosca
Tosca

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou drama, La Tosca....
 with Zinka Milanov
Zinka Milanov

Zinka Milanov n?e Zinka Kunc was a Croatian-born operatic Voice type.Born in Zagreb, she studied with the Wagnerian soprano Milka Ternina and her assistant Marija Kostrencic....
, Jussi Bjoerling, and Leonard Warren
Leonard Warren

Leonard Warren was a famous United States opera singer. A baritone, he was associated for many years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City....
 (RCA CD #63305). He continued to record for RCA as music director of the Boston Symphony. Later he again made additional operatic recordings, including the first complete stereo recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Academy Award-winning 20th century film and romantic music composer....
's Die tote Stadt
Die tote Stadt

Die tote Stadt is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The libretto is by Julius Korngold and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, based on Bruges-la-Morte, a short novel by Georges Rodenbach....
, with Carol Neblett
Carol Neblett

Carol Neblett is an American operatic soprano. She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and in 1969, made her stage debut with the New York City Opera, playing the part of Musetta in Puccini's La boh?me....
 and René Kollo
René Kollo

Ren? Kollo is a German tenor.He was born Ren? Kollodzieyski in Berlin and grew up in Wyk auf F?hr. He attended a photography school in Hamburg, although he had always been interested in music, particularly conducting....
 (RCA CD #87767[2]) . Also under RCA, Leinsdorf conducted the BSO with pianist Arthur Rubinstein in recording The Rubinstein Collection, which included the second complete recording of all of Beethoven's piano concertos by Rubinstein.

Selected discography

Recordings made with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for RCA Records:

  • 1962 Béla Bartók
    Béla Bartók

    B?la Viktor J?nos Bart?k was a Hungarian people composer and pianist, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology....
    : Concerto for Orchestra
  • 1964 Béla Bartók
    Béla Bartók

    B?la Viktor J?nos Bart?k was a Hungarian people composer and pianist, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology....
    : Violin Concerto No. 2 Violinist, Joseph Silverstein
  • 1969 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
  • 1967 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 2
  • 1962 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 3
    Symphony No. 3

    Among the pieces of music with the title Symphony No. 3 are:*William Alwyn's Symphony No. 3 *Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No. 3 , op. 63*Henk Badings's Symphony No....
     in E-Flat Major, Op. 55
  • 1966 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60
  • 1968 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
  • 1969 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 6 in C Minor, Op. 68
  • 1966 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
  • 1969 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
  • 1969 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Symphony No. 9
    Symphony No. 9

    Works with the title Symphony No. 9 include:*Sir Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No. 9 *Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 , Choral*Havergal Brian's Symphony No....
     in D Minor, Op. 125 The Choral with the New England Conservatory Chorus and Chorus Pro Musica with soloists Jane Marsh, Josephine Veasey, Plácido Domingo, and Sherill Milnes
  • 1967 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Creatures of Prometheus - Excerpts
  • 1967 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15, Pianist: Artur Rubenstein
  • 1967 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Piano Concerto No. 2, Pianist: Artur Rubenstein
  • 1965 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Piano Concerto No. 3, Pianist: Artur Rubenstein
  • 1964 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Piano Concerto No. 4, Pianist: Artur Rubenstein
  • 1963 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Piano Concerto No. 5, Pianist: Artur Rubenstein
  • 1966 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
  • 1966 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72
  • 1963 Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
    : Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
  • 1965 Alban Berg
    Alban Berg

    Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Gustav Mahler Romantic music with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique....
    : Le Vin, Soloist: Phyllis Curtin
  • 1964 Alban Berg
    Alban Berg

    Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Gustav Mahler Romantic music with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique....
    : Wozzeck - excerpts, Soloist: Phyllis Curtin
  • 1964 Hector Berlioz
    Hector Berlioz

    Louis Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic music composer and guitarist, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Requiem . Berlioz made great contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation and by utilizing huge orchestral forces for his works; as a conductor, he performed several c...
    : Damnation of Faust - Rakoczy March
  • 1963 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Symphony No. 1
  • 1964 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
  • 1966 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Symphony No. 3
  • 1966 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
  • 1964 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Piano Concerto No. 1, Pianist: Van Cliburn
    Van Cliburn

    Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. , is an United States pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War....
  • 1964 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Piano Concerto No. 1, Pianist: Artur Rubenstein
  • 1968 and 1969 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Requiem, Soloists: M. Caballe and Sherill Milnes with the New England Conservatory Chorus
  • 1966 Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
    : Tragic Overture, Op. 81
  • 1966 Anton Bruckner
    Anton Bruckner

    Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphony, mass , and motets. His symphonies are often considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romantic music because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length....
    : Symphony No. 4, The Romantic
  • 1967 Elliot Carter: Piano Concerto, Pianist: Jacob Lateiner
  • 1967 Michael Colgrass
    Michael Colgrass

    Michael Colgrass is an American-born musician, composer, and educator.His musical career began in Chicago as a jazz musician . He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in percussion performance and composition, including studies with Darius Milhaud at the Aspen Festival and Lukas Foss at Tanglewood....
    : As quiet as
  • 1963 Norman Dello Joio
    Norman Dello Joio

    Norman Dello Joio was an American composer.He was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to Italian people immigrants; the spelling "Gioio" was later anglicized to "Joio"....
    : Fantasy and Variations, Pianist: Lorin Hollander
  • 1967 Antonin Dvorak
    Antonín Dvorák

    Anton?n Leopold Dvor?k was a Czechs composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia....
    : Symphony No. 6
  • 1967 Antonin Dvorak
    Antonín Dvorák

    Anton?n Leopold Dvor?k was a Czechs composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia....
    : Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 2
  • 1967 Antonin Dvorak
    Antonín Dvorák

    Anton?n Leopold Dvor?k was a Czechs composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia....
    : Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 8
  • 1967 Antonin Dvorak
    Antonín Dvorák

    Anton?n Leopold Dvor?k was a Czechs composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia....
    : Romance in F, Violinist: Itzhak Perlman
    Itzhak Perlman

    Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-United States of America violin virtuoso, conducting, and teacher....
  • 1963 Gabriel Fauré
    Gabriel Fauré

    Gabriel Urbain Faur? was a French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. He was the foremost French composer of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers....
    : Elegie, Cellist: Samuel Mayes
  • 1966 Irving Fine
    Irving Fine

    Irving Gifford Fine was an United States composer. Fine's work assimilated Neoclassicism_%28music%29, Romanticism#romanticism_and_music and, later, serial_music elements....
    : Serious Song
  • 1965 Irving Fine
    Irving Fine

    Irving Gifford Fine was an United States composer. Fine's work assimilated Neoclassicism_%28music%29, Romanticism#romanticism_and_music and, later, serial_music elements....
    : Toccata Concertante
  • 1968 Alberto Ginastera
    Alberto Ginastera

    Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentina composer of European classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers....
    : Piano Concerto, Pianist: Joao Carlos Martin
  • 1968 Alberto Ginastera
    Alberto Ginastera

    Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentina composer of European classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers....
    : Variaciones Concertantes
  • 1966 Joseph Haydn
    Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn was an Austrians composer. He was one of the most prominent composers of the classical music era, and is called by some the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet"....
    : Symphony No. 93 in D Major
  • 1968 Joseph Haydn
    Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn was an Austrians composer. He was one of the most prominent composers of the classical music era, and is called by some the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet"....
    : Symphony No. 96 in D Major
  • 1964 Zoltán Kodály
    Zoltán Kodály

    Zolt?n Kod?ly ; December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungary composer, ethnomusicologist, education, linguistics, and philosophy....
    : Peacock Variations
  • 1965 Zoltán Kodály
    Zoltán Kodály

    Zolt?n Kod?ly ; December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungary composer, ethnomusicologist, education, linguistics, and philosophy....
    : Harry Janos, Suite
  • 1963 Joseph Lanner: Die Mozartisten Waltzes
  • 1962 Gustav Mahler
    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler was a Bohemian-born Austrian composer and conducting. He was best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors of the day....
    : Symphony 1
  • 1966 Gustav Mahler
    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler was a Bohemian-born Austrian composer and conducting. He was best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors of the day....
    : Symphony 3, Soloist: Shirley Verrett with the New England Conservatory Chorus
  • 1963 Gustav Mahler
    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler was a Bohemian-born Austrian composer and conducting. He was best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors of the day....
    : Symphony 5
  • 1965 Gustav Mahler
    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler was a Bohemian-born Austrian composer and conducting. He was best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors of the day....
    : Symphony 6
  • 1962 & 63 Felix Mendelssohn
    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn was a Germany composer, pianist, organist and conducting of the early Romantic music period....
    : "A Midsummer Night's Dream, excerpts, Soloists: Arlene Saunders and Helen Vanni with Berkshire Festival Chorus
  • 1964 Gian Carlo Menotti
    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italy composer and libretto. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship....
    :     The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi, Soloist: Lili Chookasian and George London with members of the Catholic Memorial and St. Joseph's High School Glee Clubs
  • 1967 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
    : Symphony 36
  • 1969 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
    : Symphony 39
  • 1963 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
    : Symphony 41
  • 1963 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
    :     Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  • 1964 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
    :     Requiem, Soloists: Endich, Eunice Alberts, DiVirgilio, and Mac Morgan with a chorus of members from the Chorus Pro Musica, New England Conservatory Chorus, St. John's Seminary, Harvard Glee Club, and Radcliffe Choral Society
  • 1968 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Symphony 2
  • 1966 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Symphony 3
  • 1963 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Symphony 5
  • 1965 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Symphony 6
  • 1966 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    :     Scythian Suite, Op. 20
  • 1968 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    :     Lt. Kije Suite, Op. 60 with David Clatworthy
  • 1963 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Cello Symphony, Cellist: Samuel Mayes
  • 1965 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Piano Concerto No. 1, Pianist: John Browning
  • 1965 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16 Pianist: John Browning
  • 1967 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Piano Concerto No. 3, Pianist: John Browning
  • 1967 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Piano Concerto No. 4, Pianist: John Browning
  • 1964 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Piano Concerto No. 5, Pianist: Lorin Hollander
  • 1969 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Piano Concerto No. 5, Pianist: John Browning
  • 1964 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Violin Concerto No. 1, Violinist: Erick Friedman
  • 1966 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    : Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 Violinist: Itzhak Perlman
    Itzhak Perlman

    Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-United States of America violin virtuoso, conducting, and teacher....
  • 1967 Sergei Prokofiev
    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
    :     Romeo and Juliet - excerpts
  • 1963 & 1964 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or, Suite
  • 1969 Xavier Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 1, Pianist: Earl Wind
  • 1964 Arnold Schoenberg
    Arnold Schoenberg

    Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian and later American composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School....
    :     Gurre-Lieder - Interlude and Song of the Wood Dove, Soloist: Lili Chookasian
  • 1969 Arnold Schoenberg
    Arnold Schoenberg

    Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian and later American composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School....
    : Survivor of Warsaw, Soloist: Sherill Milnes and the New England Conservatory Chorus
  • 1964 Gunther Schuller
    Gunther Schuller

    Gunther Schuller is an American composer, French horn player, and historian and performer of jazz. He is regarded as one of the key figures in contemporary classical music....
    :     Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
  • 1963 Robert Schumann
    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is one of the most famous Romantic music composers of the 19th century....
    : Symphony No. 4
  • 1966 Jean Sibelius
    Jean Sibelius

    Johan Julius Christian Sibelius was a Finland composer of the later Romantic music whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity....
    : Violin Concerto, Violinist: Itzhak Perlman
    Itzhak Perlman

    Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-United States of America violin virtuoso, conducting, and teacher....
  • 1964 John Phillip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
  • 1965 Richard Strauss
    Richard Strauss

    Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer of the late Romantic music and early modern eras, particularly of operas, Lieder and tone poems. Strauss was also a prominent Conducting....
    :     The Egyptian Helen - Awakening Scene, Soloist: Leontyne Price
  • 1965 Richard Strauss
    Richard Strauss

    Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer of the late Romantic music and early modern eras, particularly of operas, Lieder and tone poems. Strauss was also a prominent Conducting....
    :     Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils, Soloist: Leontyne Price
  • 1965 Richard Strauss
    Richard Strauss

    Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer of the late Romantic music and early modern eras, particularly of operas, Lieder and tone poems. Strauss was also a prominent Conducting....
    :     Salome - Interlude and Final Scene, Soloist: Leontyne Price
  • 1963 Richard Strauss
    Richard Strauss

    Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer of the late Romantic music and early modern eras, particularly of operas, Lieder and tone poems. Strauss was also a prominent Conducting....
    :     Ein Heldenleben, Violinist: Joseph Silverstein
  • 1965 Igor Stravinsky
    Igor Stravinsky

    Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially Cosmopolitanism Russian who was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the century....
    :     Agon
  • 1965 Igor Stravinsky
    Igor Stravinsky

    Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially Cosmopolitanism Russian who was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the century....
    : Violin Concerto, Violinist: Joseph Silverstein
  • 1964 Igor Stravinsky
    Igor Stravinsky

    Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially Cosmopolitanism Russian who was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the century....
    :     Firebird, Suite
  • 1964 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
    :     Marche Slav
  • 1963 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
    : Piano Concerto No. 1, Pianist: Artur Rubenstein
  • 1966 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
    : Piano Concerto No. 1, Pianist: Mischa Dichter
  • 1967 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
    : Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 Violinist: Itzhak Perlman
    Itzhak Perlman

    Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-United States of America violin virtuoso, conducting, and teacher....
  • 1964 & 1965 Verdi: Requiem, Soloists: Birgit Nilsson, Lili Chookasian, Carlo Bergonzi, and Ezio Flagello with the Chorus Pro Musica
  • 1967 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Flying Dutchman, Overture
  • 1965 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Lohegrin, complete opera
  • 1965 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Lohegrin, Act 1 Prelude
  • 1965 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Lohegrin, Act 3 Prelude
  • 1967 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Meistersinger Act 1 Prelude
  • 1967 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Tannhauser, Overture
  • 1964 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Tannhauser, March
  • 1967 Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
    :     Tristan and Isolde, Prelude
  • 1969 Kurt Weill
    Kurt Weill

    Kurt Julian Weill , was a Germany, and in his later years American, composer active from the 1920s until his death. He was a leading composer for the theatre....
    :     Kleine Dreigroschenmusik


Television

Leinsdorf with the BSO appreared regularly on local broadcasts from WGBH-TV. On August 17, 1967, Leinsdorf conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a two-hour primetime special telecast in color on NBC, a reflection of the days when a commercial network would periodically broadcast a full-length classical concert. The program, entitled An Evening at Tanglewood, featured violinist Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-United States of America violin virtuoso, conducting, and teacher....
 as guest soloist.

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