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When Frederick Stock, who had been conductor of the Chicago SO since 1905, died in 1942, Toscanini was apparently among those who recommended Defauw to succeed him. In any event, Defauw could not have been prepared for what happened to him in Chicago, and in his 60s he did not have the resilience to bounce back as Kubelík subsequently did in ...
Aug 31, 2021 · Before taking up his CSO post, Defauw was director of the Concerts du Conservatoire, Belgium's leading orchestra, and of the Belgian National Radio. In 1937, he established the Orchestra National de Belgique. At the invitation of Arturo Toscanini, he made his U.S. podium debut in 1939, conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
In 1939, Defauw made his U.S. debut, conducting four performances with Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Orchestra. After leading only one concert with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 1941, he was signed as permanent conductor and served in that capacity until 1952.
May 14, 2021 · Flashier conductors would take those bands further: Leopold Stokowski, Rodzinski’s boss and booster, in Philadelphia; Otto Klemperer in Los Angeles; Arturo Toscanini, Rodzinski’s mentor, with...
Désiré Defauw (5 September 1885, Ghent, Belgium – 25 July 1960, Gary, Indiana, United States) was a Belgian conductor and violinist. During World War I he became a refugee, working in London where in 1917 he appeared at the Wigmore Hall performing John Ireland's Violin Sonata No. 2 with the composer at the piano.
Nov 12, 2013 · His conducting style was influenced by the cooler, more detached aesthetic favored by Arturo Toscanini and other podium titans of the mid-20th century. Reiner never milked a melody the way more...
The new maestro, who had just defied bombs and mines on the S. S. Vulcama, for his chance to conduct the NBCers, was Belgium's No. i Conductor Désiré Defauw (pronounced Defoe). Driving the orchestra at top speed, with its cut-out open, through a broadcast of light French and Belgian pieces, Maestro Defauw left a few loose bolts & nuts by...
