Wilhelm Furtwängler

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Wilhelm Furtwängler was a renowned 20th-century German conductor and composer, celebrated for his profound interpretations of the symphonic and operatic repertoire, especially works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Wagner.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German person ⓘ
composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1954 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1906 ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath West Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1886-01-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1954-11-30 ⓘ
employer Berlin Philharmonic ⓘ
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ⓘ
Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ
familyName Furtwängler ⓘ
father Adolf Furtwängler ⓘ
genre Romantic music ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
givenName Wilhelm ⓘ
influencedBy Anton Bruckner ⓘ
Johannes Brahms ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
Richard Wagner ⓘ
knownFor interpretations of Beethoven ⓘ
interpretations of Brahms ⓘ
interpretations of Bruckner ⓘ
interpretations of Schubert ⓘ
interpretations of Wagner ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
mother Adelheid Wendt ⓘ
movement German Romantic tradition ⓘ
name Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
notableRecording Beethoven Symphony No. 5 (Berlin Philharmonic, 1943) ⓘ
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Bayreuth, 1951) ⓘ
Brahms Symphony No. 1 (Berlin Philharmonic, various live recordings) ⓘ
notableWork Symphonic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 1 in B minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 in E minor ⓘ
Te Deum ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
opera conductor ⓘ
orchestral conductor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berlin ⓘ
placeOfDeath Baden-Baden ⓘ
positionHeld music director of the Vienna Philharmonic (de facto) ⓘ
principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic ⓘ
principal conductor of the Berlin State Opera ⓘ
principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Furtwängler ⓘ
studentOf Arthur Nikisch ⓘ

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Philharmonia Orchestra → collaboratedWith → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
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Staatskapelle Berlin → notableConductor → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
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Adelheid Wendt → child → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
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Symphony No. 1 in B minor → composer → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
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Elizabeth Furtwängler → spouse → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 in E minor → composer → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 in E minor → premiereConductor → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
Walter Legge → workedWith → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
Symphony No. 8 in C minor → notableRecording → Wilhelm Furtwängler (various live recordings) ⓘ
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Symphony: Mathis der Maler → premiereConductor → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
Siegfried’s Funeral March → associatedConductor → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
Prelude to Parsifal → notableRecordingBy → Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
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