LC control no. | n 82101516 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Masur, Kurt |
Variant(s) | Mazur, Kurt |
Birth date | 1927-07-18 |
Death date | 2015-12-19 |
Place of birth | Brieg (Germany) |
Place of death | Greenwich (Conn.) |
Field of activity | Conducting |
Affiliation | Orchestre national de France London Philharmonic Orchestra New York Philharmonic Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Dresdner Philharmonie Komische Oper Berlin |
Profession or occupation | Conductors (Music) |
Found in | Italienische und französische Koloraturarien. [Phonodisc] 1969? Int. ww in mus., 16th ed. (Masur, Kurt; b. July 18, 1927, Brig, Silesia; conductor) 678 field information, Dec. 21, 2015 (conductor; b. 7-18-27) New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 21, 2015 (in obituary published Dec. 19: Kurt Masur; b. July 18, 1927, Brieg, Silesia (now Brzeg, Poland); d. Saturday [Dec. 19, 2015], Greenwich, Conn., aged 88; music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic, who was credited with transforming the orchestra from a sullen, lackluster ensemble into one of luminous renown) |