Masur, Kurt
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Name (Hebrew)
מזור, קורט
Name (Latin)
Masur, Kurt
Other forms of name
Masur, Kurt, 1927-
Mazur, Kurt
Date of birth
1927-07-18
Date of death
2015-12-19
Place of birth
Brieg (Germany)
Field of activity
Conducting
Music
Occupation
Conductors (Music)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Italienische und französische Koloraturarien. [Phonodisc] 1969?
- Int. ww in mus., 16th ed.(Masur, Kurt; b. July 18, 1927, Brig, Silesia; conductor)
- 678 field information, Dec. 21, 2015(conductor; b. 7-18-27)
- New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 21, 2015(in obituary published Dec. 19: Kurt Masur; b. July 18, 1927, Brieg, Silesia (now Brzeg, Poland); d. Saturday [Dec. 19, 2015], Greenwich, Conn., aged 88; music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic, who was credited with transforming the orchestra from a sullen, lackluster ensemble into one of luminous renown)b. July 18, 1927, Brig, Silesia; conductor
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Wikipedia description:
Kurt Masur (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt maˈzuːɐ̯]; 18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and also served as music director of the New York Philharmonic for about ten years. He made many recordings of classical music with major orchestras. Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations against the East German government in the 1989 demonstrations in Leipzig; those protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.
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