| Erich Leinsdorf AKA Erich Landauer Born: 4-Feb-1912
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 11-Sep-1993
Location of death: Zürich, Switzerland
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Conductor Nationality: Austria
Executive summary: Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69 Military service: US Army (1944-45, medical discharge) Father: Ludwig Julius Leinsdorf
Mother: Charlotte Loebl
Wife: Anne Frohnknecht (m. 3-Aug-1939, div., five children)
Wife: Vera Graf (m. 5-Aug-1968)
Conservatory: Mozarteum Salzburg
University: University of Vienna (1930)
Conservatory: Vienna State Academy of Music (1933)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Principal Conductor (1977-80)
Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director (1962-69)
New York Metropolitan Opera Principal Conductor (1957-62)
New York City Opera Music Director (1956-57)
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director (1947-55)
Cleveland Orchestra Music Director (1943-44)
New York Metropolitan Opera Conductor (1938-43)
Naturalized US Citizen 1942
Author of books:
Cadenza: A Musical Career (1976)
The Composer's Advocate: A Radical Orthodoxy for Musicians (1981, music studies)
Erich Leinsdorf on Music (1997, music studies)
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