Leopold Damrosch
Leopold Damrosch · Arts & Literature
Conductor and composer
1832, Posen, Prussia (now Poznań, Poland) — 1885, New York City, New York, United States
Prussia/Poland · Germany · United States
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Leopold Damrosch was a German-American conductor, composer and violinist, born to a Jewish family in Posen, who became a pivotal force in building classical music institutions in the United States. After emigrating in 1871 he founded the Oratorio Society of New York and the New York Symphony, and he introduced German opera to the Metropolitan Opera. He founded a musical dynasty carried on by his sons Frank and Walter Damrosch.
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Conductor and composer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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