German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1876)

Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. Born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the United States in 1939. He worked closely with Gustav Mahler, conducting the premieres of his Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde. He held major positions with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others, made recordings of historical and artistic significance, and is widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century.

Born

1876

September 15

Died

1962

Era

1870s

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Bruno, in brief

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1876 Born
1962 Died

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1556 Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.

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The world in 1962

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april 21 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
april 26 NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
april 26 The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
august 11 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.

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Alvin Kraenzlein 1876–1928 American hurdler and runner (died 1928) Arthur Edward Moore 1876–1963 New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963) Bert Vogler 1876–1946 South African cricketer (born 1876) Carl Ruggles 1876–1971 American composer and painter (died 1971) Fevzi Çakmak 1876–1950 Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1876) Fred Duesenberg 1876–1932 German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932) James Scullin 1876–1953 Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876) John Macleod 1876–1935 Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876) Kim Koo 1876–1949 South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died 1949)

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