Ossip Gabrilowitsch

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Ossip Gabrilowitsch was a Russian-born American pianist, conductor, and composer who became a prominent early 20th-century musical figure in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian-American
composer
conductor
human
pianist
activeYearsEnd 1936
activeYearsStart 1890s
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York)
child Nina Gabrilowitsch
citizenship Russian Empire
United States of America
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1878-02-07
dateOfDeath 1936-09-14
educatedAt Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt
surface form: Hoch Conservatory

Petrograd Conservatory
surface form: Saint Petersburg Conservatory
employer Detroit Symphony Orchestra
endTime 1936 (as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Gabrilowitsch
fatherInLaw Mark Twain
fieldOfWork classical music
genre classical music
givenName Ossip
instrument piano
languageOfWorkOrName English
Russian
mannerOfDeath natural causes
notableRole early 20th-century musical figure in the United States
notableStudent William Steinberg
notableWork piano compositions
occupation composer
conductor
pianist
placeOfBirth St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
placeOfDeath Detroit
positionHeld music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
residence Detroit
Munich
New York City
sexOrGender male
spouse Clara Clemens
startTime 1918 (as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
studiedUnder Anton Rubinstein
Theodor Leschetizky

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Nina Gabrilowitsch father Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Clara Clemens performedWith Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Clara Clemens spouse Ossip Gabrilowitsch