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Arts & Literature
Walter Burle Marx
Who
Walter Burle Marx · Arts & Literature
What
Conductor and composer
When
1902, São Paulo, Brazil — 1990, Akron, Ohio, USA
Where
Brazil · United States
Biography
Walter Burle Marx is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Conductor and composer
How & why
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.
Sources & external links
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Contributions & Sources
Conductor and composer
1902
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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