Giacomo Meyerbeer
German-French composer
Artur Rodzinskiwas a Polish-American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Artur Rodzinskiwas a Polish-American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with the Philadelphia Orchestra. This engagement led to Rodzinski becoming music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He also prepared the NBC Symphony Orchestra for Arturo Toscanini before the Italian conductor’s debut with them. A dispute in Chicago led to Rodzinski’s dismissal in 1948, whereupon he shifted his career to Europe, eventually settling in Italy, although continuing to maintain a home in Lake Placid, New York. In November 1958, beset by heart disease, he made his professional return to the United States for the first time in a decade, conducting acclaimed performances of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Exhausted, he checked into Massachusetts General Hospital where he died 11 days later.
3 Quotes by Artur Rodzinski
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Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all.
Artur RodzinskiPolish conductor (1892-1958)
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In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments.
Artur RodzinskiPolish conductor (1892-1958)
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I often wonder if we could not solve the world’s problems on a similar basis of harmony.
Artur RodzinskiPolish conductor (1892-1958)