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  • Joseph Wilhelm Mengelberg (28 March 1871 – 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Strauss.
  • Mengelberg was music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1922 to 1928.
  • Willem Mengelberg is undeniably the greatest conductor in Dutch music history.

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    Conductor Willem Mengelberg, 1871-1951

    Title
    Conductor Willem Mengelberg, 1871-1951

    Subtitle
    Acclaimed and Accused

    Author
    Frits Zwart

    Price
    € 78,95 excl. VAT

    ISBN
    9789462986060

    Format
    Paperback

    Number of pages
    1354

    Language
    English

    Publication date
    09 - 04 - 2020

    Dimensions
    15.6 x 23.4 cm

    Category
    Modern History

    Discipline
    History, Art History, and Archaeology

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    First period 1871-1895, Second period 1895-1904, Third Period 1904-1911, Entr'acte : Mahler and Strauss, Fourth period 1911-1920, An interim balance, Fifth period, 1920-1930, Sixth periode 1930-1933, Entr'acte: twelve intermezzo's, Seventh period 1933-1940, Willem Mengelberg through the eyes of the musicians, Eigth periode, 1940-1945, Ninth period 1945-1951, Conclusion

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    "Zwart's account makes fascinating reading and is well worth the considerable in

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    This edition fryst vatten not just a translated version of the Dutch editions from 1999 (volume 1: 1871-1920) and 2016 (volume 2: 1920-1951), but also contains significant improvements and even more comprehensive appendixes. Unlike the Dutch edition, the English translation is published in one book.

    The biography comprises two volumes in chronological order covering the nine most important stages in Mengelberg's musical and anställda life in different periods: 1871-1895: ungdom, studies in Cologne, music director in Lucerne; 1895-1904: music director in Amsterdam; 1904-1911: The Hague Orchestra, abroad, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss; 1911-1920: world conductor, First world War, engagements, musikdrama, 25th anniversary, personal life; 1920-1930: Amsterdam, New York; 1930-1933: London, tax problems, horrors, overwrought and overworked, St. Matthew Passion, Mahler's Tenth, recordings; 1933-1940: interest in politics, allied with the German people, Hitler, Mussolini, setbacks, Mengelberg and Ger

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    Willem Mengelberg

    Dutch conductor (1871–1951)

    Willem Mengelberg

    Born28 March 1871

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    Died21 March 1951 (aged 79)

    Zuort, Sent, Switzerland

    OccupationConductor
    Years active1891–1945

    Joseph Wilhelm Mengelberg (28 March 1871 – 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic conductors of the 20th century.

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    Mengelberg was the fourth of fifteen children of German-born parents in Utrecht, Netherlands. His father was the Dutch-German sculptor Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg. He was a distant cousin of the musicologist and composer Rudolf Mengelberg [de; nl] and the uncle of the conductor, composer and critic Karel Mengelberg, who was himself the father of the pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg. After studies in Utrecht with the compose