Josef Stransky
Josef Stransky · Arts & Literature
Orchestra conductor
1872, Humpolec, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) — 1936, New York City, New York, United States
Bohemia/Czech Republic · Germany · United States
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Josef Stransky was a Bohemian-born Jewish conductor who succeeded Gustav Mahler as principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic, leading the orchestra from 1911 to 1923. Trained as a physician before turning fully to music, he built a substantial European conducting career before his New York tenure. In later life he left the podium to become an art dealer.
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Orchestra conductor
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