René Leibowitz (February 17, 1913 – August 29, 1972) was a French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher born in Warsaw, Poland. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...

During the early 1930s, Leibowitz studied composition and orchestration with Schoenberg, Webern and Ravel. Many of the works of the Second Viennese School were first heard in France at the International Festival of Chamber Music set up by Leibowitz in Paris in 1947. Leibowitz's activity as a teacher was highly influential in establishing the reputation of these composers, further advocated by such pupils as Boulez. Arnold Schoenberg, Los Angeles, 1948 Arnold Schoenberg, (the anglicized form of Schönberg—Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he became a U.S. citizen) (September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951) was a composer, born in Vienna, Austria. ... Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was a composer of classical music and a member of the so called Second Viennese School. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, and his famous 1922 orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjɛʁ. ...

Discography (selection)

• Beethoven: Complete symphonies. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond. R. Leibowitz. Chesky (LP/CD)

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ...

Bibliography

• Leibowitz, René, Schönberg et son école, 1946
• —, Introduction à la musique à douze sons, 1949
• —, L'artiste et sa conscience, 1950
• —, L'évolution de la musique, de Bach à Schönberg, 1952
• —, Histoire de l'opéra, 1957
• —, Schönberg, 1969
• —, Le compositeur et son double, 1971
• —, Les fantômes de l'opéra, 1973