Otto Klemperer
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Otto Klemperer was a German male conductor whose professional career began in 1906. He was born on May 14, 1885, and died on July 6, 1973. His musical output is categorized under classical and orchestral genres.
Klemperer authored several works, including *Écrits et entretiens*, *Anwalt guter Musik*, *Über Musik und Theater*, *Electron physics*, and *Meine Erinnerungen an Gustav Mahler und andere autobiographische Skizzen*. He is associated with a total of eleven works in library records and five in academic databases. His music has been tagged with descriptors such as "conductor," "Classical," and "orchestral."
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Key facts
- Born
- Otto Nossan Klemperer , ( 1885-05-14 ) 14 May 1885, Breslau , German Empire
- Died
- 6 July 1973 (1973-07-06) (aged 88), Zürich , Switzerland
- Citizenship
- German, (1885–1935; 1954–1973) American (1940–1954) Israeli, (joint nationality, 1970–1973)
- Occupations
- Conductor, composer
- Spouse
- Johanna Geisler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1919 , died 1956 )
- Children
- Werner and Lotte
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Otto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Wrocław
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Stern Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Pour le Mérite
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Student of
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Genre
- symphony
- Record label
- Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.
- Image
- Otto Klemperer.jpg
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- Otto Klemperer
- date of birth
- 1885-05-14
- date of death
- 1973-07-06
- medical condition
- bipolar disorder
- name in native language
- Otto Klemperer
- start of work period
- 1906-00-00
- P8168
- Morizécourt
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Encyclopedic overview
Otto Nossan Klemperer ( German: [ˌɔto ˈklɛmpəʁɐ] ; 14 May 1885 – 6 July 1973) was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an opera conductor, but he was later better known as a conductor of symphonic music.
A protégé of the composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, from 1907 Klemperer was appointed to a succession of increasingly senior conductorships in opera houses in and around Germany. Between 1927 and 1931 he was director of the Kroll Opera in Berlin, where he presented new works and avant-garde productions of classics. He was from a Jewish family, and the rise of the Nazis caused him to leave Germany in 1933. Shortly afterwards he was appointed chief conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and guest-conducted other American orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and later the Pittsburgh Symphony, which he reorganised as a permanent ensemble.
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