George Szell

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composer human music director orchestral conductor pianist

George Szell was a renowned 20th-century conductor and music director, best known for transforming the Cleveland Orchestra into one of the world’s leading symphonic ensembles.

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George Szell canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
music director ⓘ
orchestral conductor ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
burialPlace Lake View Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
citizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Czechoslovakia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-06-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-07-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Vienna Music Academy ⓘ
surface form: Vienna Conservatory
employer Cleveland Orchestra ⓘ
endTime 1970 ⓘ
familyName Szell ⓘ
fullName George Szell self-link ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
symphonic music ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
knownFor interpretations of Beethoven ⓘ
interpretations of Brahms ⓘ
interpretations of Mozart ⓘ
precise and disciplined conducting style ⓘ
transforming the Cleveland Orchestra into a world-class ensemble ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ
memberOf Cleveland Orchestra ⓘ
movement Central European conducting tradition ⓘ
notableWork Beethoven symphony cycles ⓘ
surface form: Beethoven symphony cycle with the Cleveland Orchestra

Brahms symphony recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra ⓘ
recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
music director ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
performedWith London Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
New York Philharmonic ⓘ
Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ
placeOfBirth Budapest ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cleveland ⓘ
positionHeld music director of the Cleveland Orchestra ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
residence Cleveland ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1946 ⓘ
workLocation Cleveland ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

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Curtis Institute of Music → hasNotableFaculty → George Szell ⓘ
Arturo Toscanini → influenced → George Szell ⓘ
Beethoven symphony cycles → conductedBy → George Szell ⓘ
Cleveland Orchestra → formerMusicDirector → George Szell ⓘ
Cleveland Orchestra → notableConductor → George Szell ⓘ
Bruno Walter → influenced → George Szell ⓘ
Partita for Orchestra → dedicatedTo → George Szell ⓘ
Partita for Orchestra → premiereConductor → George Szell ⓘ
George Szell → fullName → George Szell self-link ⓘ
NBC Symphony Orchestra (historical) → notableConductor → George Szell ⓘ
subject surface form: NBC Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra (historical) → employerOf → George Szell ⓘ
subject surface form: NBC Symphony Orchestra