Walter Burle Marx
Walter Burle Marx · Arts & Literature
Conductor and composer
1902, São Paulo, Brazil — 1990, Akron, Ohio, USA
Brazil · United States
Walter Burle Marx is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Conductor and composer
Walter Burle-Marx was a Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer who championed Brazilian orchestral music, founded orchestras in Rio de Janeiro, and after 1950 taught and composed in Philadelphia. He was the brother of the landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. Their father, Wilhelm Marx, was a German-Jewish immigrant to Brazil, giving Walter documented Jewish ancestry on his father's side.
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Conductor and composer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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