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Masur, Kurt

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Personal name headingMasur, Kurt
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Variant(s)Mazur, Kurt
Birth date1927-07-18
Death date2015-12-19
Place of birthBrieg (Germany)
Place of deathGreenwich (Conn.)
Field of activityConducting
AffiliationOrchestre national de France
London Philharmonic Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Dresdner Philharmonie
Komische Oper Berlin
Profession or occupationConductors (Music)
Found inItalienische 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)