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Furtwängler in 1912. Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler ( UK: / ˈfʊərtvɛŋɡlər / FOORT-veng-glər, US: /- vɛŋlər / -lər, German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfʊɐ̯tvɛŋlɐ]; 25 January 1886 – 30 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors ...
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.
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Oct 14, 2021 · Wilhelm Furtwängler conducted Beethoven, Brahms and Wagner with almost proprietary authority. For Hitler, he was the supreme exponent of holy German art. Credit...
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. A tall, willowy man with the air...
A personal and historical account of the life and legacy of one of the greatest conductors of all time, who re-created the music of others and exercised his own vision. Learn about his artistic and circumstantial challenges, his musical influences, his controversies and his legacy.
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler stands awkwardly on the podium. The vague meandering of his baton summons the first shadowy note of Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. A Radio Berlin engineer starts his Magnetophon. The most extraordinary orchestral recording of the century has just begun.
Wilhelm Furtwängler was a German conductor who collaborated with the Nazis and resisted their policies of cultural and political suppression. He conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and premiered modernist works by Schoenberg and Hindemith. He faced criticism and threats from the Party and the Jewish community, but also gained international respect and fame.
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