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Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (UK: / ˈ f ʊər t v ɛ ŋ ɡ l ər / FOORT-veng-glər, US: /-v ɛ ŋ l ər /-lər, German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfʊɐ̯tvɛŋlɐ]; 25 January 1886 – 30 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer.
Wilhelm Furtwängler (born Jan. 25, 1886, Berlin, Ger.—died Nov. 30, 1954, near Baden-Baden, W.Ger.) was a German conductor, one of the great exponents of Romantic music. Known for his passionate, romantic style, he excelled as a conductor of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner.
May 2, 2019 · The German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler has long held an exalted place among practitioners of the enigmatic art of waving one’s arms in front of an orchestra.
Oct 14, 2021 · The sublime artistry of Wilhelm Furtwängler collided with his role as de facto chief conductor of the Nazi regime.
Legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler's incomparable artistry was forged in the clash with Nazi morality and politics. Discussion and recommendations of his greatest recordings.
Mar 1, 1993 · The controversy surrounding the career of the German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) refuses to die.
Furtwängler toured throughout Europe, despite being boycotted in the Hague and Belgium and protested in many other cities, trying to preserve the reputation of his homeland. In 1936, he was offered a position with the New York Philharmonic, but Nazi pressure along with US protests discouraged him.
May 17, 2018 · Wilhelm Furtwängler (vĬl´hĕlm fŏŏrt´vĕng-lər), 1886–1954, German conductor, b. Berlin; son of Adolf Furtwängler [1]. One of the greatest orchestral conductors of the 20th cent., he studied music in Munich, where he grew up.
When Arthur Nikisch – principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra starting in 1895 – died in 1922, 36-year old Wilhelm Furtwängler applied to become his successor, convincing both the members of the orchestra and the management.
The German conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler, who was the son of the archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler, spent his youth in Munich, where his father lectured at the university. He grew up in a humanistically influenced home.
