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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.
Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (* 25. Januar 1886 in Schöneberg; † 30. November 1954 in Ebersteinburg bei Baden-Baden) war ein deutscher Dirigent und Komponist. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Dirigenten des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler's incomparable artistry was forged in the clash with Nazi morality and politics. Discussion and recommendations of his greatest recordings.
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.
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.
Rob Cowan reflects on the triumphs and controversies of one of the greatest conductors of all.
The life of Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954) spans three failed attempts to create a German national state. The young Furtwängler spent his journeyman years and began his professional career during the final years of the Wilhelmine Empire (1871–1918), that overweening political construct of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck – so sharply ...
Jul 17, 2019 · At the time of Wilhelm Furtwängler's birth on 25 January 1886 the newly founded Second German Reich was in the process of consolidating its national identity and sense of purpose under the leadership of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
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