Bruno Walter

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Bruno Walter was a renowned 20th-century German-born conductor and pianist, celebrated for his interpretations of the Austro-German symphonic and operatic repertoire, particularly the works of Gustav Mahler.

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Bruno Walter canonical 16

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instanceOf composer
conductor
human
pianist
associatedWith Austro-German symphonic repertoire
Gustav Mahler
surface form: Gustav Mahler’s circle

Vienna Philharmonic tradition
late-Romantic repertoire
awardReceived Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
surface form: Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society

Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
birthName Bruno Schlesinger NERFINISHED
burialPlace Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Gretel Walter
Lotte Walter
citizenship Austria
France
Germany
United States of America
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1876-09-15
dateOfDeath 1962-02-17
employer Columbia Records
Leipzig Opera
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
surface form: Los Angeles Philharmonic

Metropolitan Opera
Bavarian State Opera
surface form: Munich Court Opera

NBC Symphony Orchestra (historical)
surface form: NBC Symphony Orchestra

New York Philharmonic
Salzburg Festival
Viennese court theatres
surface form: Vienna Court Opera

Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Schlesinger
Walter
fieldOfWork Lieder accompaniment
chamber music
opera
symphonic music
fledFrom Austria
Germany
genre classical music
givenName Bruno
influenced Bruno Maderna
George Szell
Leonard Bernstein
Otto Klemperer
Rafael Kubelík
influencedBy Felix Mottl
Gustav Mahler
Hans von Bülow
Johannes Brahms
Richard Wagner
languagesSpoken English
French
German
Italian
laterReligion agnosticism
movedTo France
United States of America
movement Austro-German musical tradition
name Bruno Walter self-link
notableAchievement helped establish Mahler’s works in the standard repertoire
made early stereo recordings for Columbia Records
premiered Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in Munich
premiered Mahler’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna
notableRole champion of Gustav Mahler’s music
notableStudent André Previn
Eugene Ormandy
Walter Hendl
notableWork book "Gustav Mahler: A Memoir"
book "Of Music and Music-Making"
book "Of Music and Music-Making"
surface form: book "On Music and Musicians"

book "Theme and Variations"
interpretations of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies
recordings of Beethoven symphonies
recordings of Brahms symphonies
recordings of Bruckner symphonies
recordings of Dvořák symphonies
recordings of Haydn symphonies
recordings of Mahler song cycles
recordings of Mozart symphonies
recordings of Richard Strauss works
recordings of Schubert symphonies
recordings of Tchaikovsky symphonies
recordings of Wagner operas
occupation composer
opera conductor
orchestral conductor
pianist
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills, California, United States
surface form: Beverly Hills, California
religion Judaism
residence Beverly Hills
surface form: Beverly Hills, California

Munich
New York City
Paris
Salzburg
Vienna
sexOrGender male
spouse Elsa Korneck
style emphasis on warmth and humanity in interpretation
lyrical conducting style
wasPersecutedBy Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi regime

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Gustav Mahler notableStudent Bruno Walter
Lucerne Festival foundedBy Bruno Walter
Bruno Walter name Bruno Walter self-link
Das Lied von der Erde dedicatedTo Bruno Walter
Violanta premiereConductor Bruno Walter
NBC Symphony Orchestra (historical) notableConductor Bruno Walter
subject surface form: NBC Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra (historical) employerOf Bruno Walter
subject surface form: NBC Symphony Orchestra
Erich Landauer notableStudentOf Bruno Walter