Walter Damrosch

Walter Johannes Damrosch (born in Breslau, Prussia, January 30, 1862; died in New York City, December 22, 1950) was an American symphony conductor. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x794, 78 KB)Walter Damrosch source / Library of Congress ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x794, 78 KB)Walter Damrosch source / Library of Congress ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Wrocław. ... Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1894-1918 Prussia (German: ; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Lithuanian: ; Old Prussian: PrÅ«sa; Polish: ) was, most recently, a historic state originating in East Prussia, an area which for centuries had substantial influence on German and European history. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 1,214. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A symphony is an extended composition usually for orchestra and usually comprising several movements. ... See Conductor for other possible uses of the word. ...

Damrosch was best known as a conductor of Richard Wagner. He was also a pioneer in the performance of music on the radio, and as such became one of the chief popularizers of classical music in the United States. Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ...

Though he is now remembered almost exclusively as a conductor, before his radio broadcasts he was equally well-known as a composer. The 1911 Britannica stated: (Redirected from 1911 Britannica) The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

Damrosch... the eminent conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, and of various operatic undertakings, has established his position as an original and poetic composer, not only by his opera, The Scarlet Letter, but by such songs as the intensely dramatic Danny Deever.

Damrosch went on to compose operas based on stories such as Cyrano de Bergerac (1913) and The Man Without a Country (1937). Those operas are very seldom performed now. In 1928 he began a popular series of radio lectures on music for students. His Wagner recordings are still widely available. The New York Symphony Society was an orchestra founded in New York City by Leopold Damrosch in 1878. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognizable opera houses and landmarks Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content or primary entertainment is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the... Rudyard Kipling Danny Deever is an 1890 ballad poem by Rudyard Kipling, one of the first of the Barrack-Room Ballads. ... Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (March 6, 1619 – July 28, 1655) was a French dramatist born in Paris, who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which have been woven around his life story, most notably the play by Edmond Rostand which bears his name. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Man without a Country was a novel by Edward Everett Hale, published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Work on Broadway

• The Dove of Peace (1912) - opera/musical - composer and co-librettist
• Electra (1918 revival) - play - incidental music composer

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References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.