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The great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950) North America

 

Cliburn or Davies? Levine or Leinsdorf? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are really many conductors. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English conductor not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?

For example: in Mexico, Alondra de la Parra, Mexican conductor, occupies a special place in front of the Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe, who is more distant but nevertheless more internationally renowned.

Conductors

1900-1950, North America


a. Timeline

b. Top 10, the most famous

c. Some others also well-known


The information presented below (timeline, top 10, alphabetical index) is absolutely neutral. They are the result of a strictly quantitative analysis, based only on global and independent sources. They were treated without favouring any particular musician or excluding any artist deemed less relevant by elitism, conformism or for any other reason.

Timeline of conductors, between 1900 and 1950 in North America

Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in these fields. So : Cliburn (American pianist) or Davies (American conductor and pianist) ? Schneider (Lithuanian musician) or Kovacevich (American pianist and conductor) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular conductors around the world, for those living or having lived en North America, between 1900 and 1950. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).

Conductors rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

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<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Victor  </span>BorgeVictor Borge 19092000
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Bernard  </span>HerrmannBernard Herrmann 19111975
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Paul  </span>HindemithPaul Hindemith 18951963
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Isaac  </span>SternIsaac Stern 19202001
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Paul  </span>AbrahamPaul Abraham 18921960
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Kurt  </span>WeillKurt Weill 19001950
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Eugene  </span>OrmandyEugene Ormandy 18991985
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Lorin  </span>MaazelLorin Maazel 19302014
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">George  </span>GershwinGeorge Gershwin 18981937<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Howard  </span>ShoreHoward Shore 1946
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Erich Wolfgang  </span>KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold 18971957
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Emmerich  </span>KálmánEmmerich Kálmán 18821953
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Arnold  </span>SchoenbergArnold Schoenberg 18741951
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Percy  </span>GraingerPercy Grainger 18821961
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Miklós  </span>RózsaMiklós Rózsa 19071995
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Sergei  </span>RachmaninoffSergei Rachmaninoff 18731943<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Plácido  </span>DomingoPlácido Domingo 1941
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Neeme  </span>JärviNeeme Järvi 1937
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">John  </span>WilliamsJohn Williams 1932<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Frank Van der  </span>StuckenFrank Van der Stucken 18581929
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Igor  </span>StravinskyIgor Stravinsky 18821971<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">William  </span>ChristieWilliam Christie
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">James  </span>LevineJames Levine 1943<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Henry Kimball  </span>HadleyHenry Kimball Hadley 18711937
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Murray  </span>PerahiaMurray Perahia 1947<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Alexander  </span>SilotiAlexander Siloti 18631945
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Leonard  </span>BernsteinLeonard Bernstein 19181990<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Theodore  </span>ThomasTheodore Thomas 18351905
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Van  </span>CliburnVan Cliburn 19342013
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Dimitri  </span>MitropoulosDimitri Mitropoulos 18961960
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Zubin  </span>MehtaZubin Mehta 1936<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">John Philip  </span>SousaJohn Philip Sousa 18541932
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Henry  </span>ManciniHenry Mancini 19241994
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Yehudi  </span>MenuhinYehudi Menuhin 19161999
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Jerry  </span>GoldsmithJerry Goldsmith 19292004<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Victor  </span>HerbertVictor Herbert 18591924
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">André  </span>PrevinAndré Previn 19292019
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">John Coolidge  </span>AdamsJohn Coolidge Adams 1947<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Silvestre  </span>RevueltasSilvestre Revueltas 18991940
<span class="d-none d-md-inline-block text-muted mr-1">Aaron  </span>CoplandAaron Copland 19001990
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Timeline :

ComposersConductorsTReduce to conductors onlyLyrical singersPerformers WorldwideEuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaOceaniaAfrica 2021

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).

Why are all these composers included in this timeline?

Many composers have also been concert performers or conductors, although their fame is associated with their work today. On the other hand, some conductors such as Arturo Toscanini, Georg Solti ... or musicians such as Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, Glenn Gould ... have also composed. Itzhak Perlman, David Oïstrakh... very well known as concert performers, have also conducted orchestras. Others, such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, William Christie ..., are renowned as much for their careers as composers, conductors and performers.

Top 10 conductors in North America for the years 1900-1950

Who are these greatest conductors, the most famous over the 1900-1950 era in North America? The carreer of these musician has marked the history of classical music. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.

Here are these 10 conductors, renowned artists from around the world:

10

  • Cliburn Cliburn V.
  • Domingo Domingo P.
  • Järvi Järvi N.
  • Leinsdorf Leinsdorf E.
  • Levine Levine J.
  • Mehta Mehta Z.
  • Menuhin Menuhin Y.
  • Ormandy Ormandy E.
  • Perahia Perahia M.
  • Stern Stern I.

The musicians and artists who also composed were removed from this ranking.

The selections of musicians (conductors) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know classical music and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more conductors. Klemperer, Zinman, Bolet, Monteux, Christie, Comissiona, Dixon...

At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 4600 conductors. So here is a selection of some conductors for the years 1900-1950, in North America, widely recognized around the world:

Note:

  • This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
  • It may also include conductors who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.

A

Paul <strong>Abraham</strong> Paul AbrahamThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1892-1960 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Maurice AbravanelThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1903-1993 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Timothee AdamowskiThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1857-1943 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Leslie <strong>Adams</strong> Leslie AdamsThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

John Coolidge <strong>Adams</strong> John Coolidge AdamsThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Samuel <strong>Adler</strong> Samuel AdlerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 92 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Daniele AmfitheatrofThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1901-1983 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Leroy <strong>Anderson</strong> Leroy AndersonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1908-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Desi <strong>Arnaz</strong> Desi ArnazThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1917-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor

Larry AustinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1930-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Jacob AvshalomovThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1919-2013 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Aaron AvshalomovThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor


B

Leonardo BaladaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 87 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Léon BarzinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1900-1999 (20th century)
Conductor

Robert Russell BennettThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Elmer <strong>Bernstein</strong> Elmer BernsteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1922-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Leonard <strong>Bernstein</strong> Leonard BernsteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1918-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Jorge <strong>Bolet</strong> Jorge BoletThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1914-1990 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Victor <strong>Borge</strong> Victor BorgeThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1909-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Leon <strong>Botstein</strong> Leon BotsteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor

Walter <strong>Boudreau</strong> Walter BoudreauThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Bruce BroughtonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 75 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Leo <strong>Brouwer</strong> Leo BrouwerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1939-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor


C

Enrique Bátiz CampbellThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Julián CarrilloThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1875-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Alejandro García <strong>Caturla</strong> Alejandro García CaturlaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1906-1940 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Carlos <strong>Chávez</strong> Carlos ChávezThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

William <strong>Christie</strong> William ChristieThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1944-1922 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Van <strong>Cliburn</strong> Van CliburnThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1934-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

George M. <strong>Cohan</strong> George M. CohanThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1878-1942 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Conductor

Sergiu ComissionaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1928-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Aaron <strong>Copland</strong> Aaron CoplandThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1900-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

MasterpiecesComplete works

Anton <strong>Coppola</strong> Anton CoppolaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1917-2020 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Carmine <strong>Coppola</strong> Carmine CoppolaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1910-1991 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Roque <strong>Cordero</strong> Roque CorderoThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1917-2008 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Robert <strong>Craft</strong> Robert CraftThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1923-2015 (20th century)
Conductor


D

Ingolf <strong>Dahl</strong> Ingolf DahlThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1912-1970 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Walter <strong>Damrosch</strong> Walter DamroschThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1862-1950 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Dennis Russell <strong>Davies</strong> Dennis Russell DaviesThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Carl DavisThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 84 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Franz-Paul <strong>Decker</strong> Franz-Paul DeckerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1923-2014 (20th century)
Conductor

Edmond <strong>Dédé</strong> Edmond DédéThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1823-1903 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Dean <strong>Dixon</strong> Dean DixonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1915-1976 (20th century)
Conductor

Plácido <strong>Domingo</strong> Plácido DomingoThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 80 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor

Antal <strong>Doráti</strong> Antal DorátiThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1906-1988 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor


F

Percy <strong>Faith</strong> Percy FaithThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1908-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Arthur FiedlerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Leon <strong>Fleisher</strong> Leon FleisherThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1928-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Malcolm ForsythThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1936-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Lukas <strong>Foss</strong> Lukas FossThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1922-2009 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Lawrence FosterThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Conductor

Massimo <strong>Freccia</strong> Massimo FrecciaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1906-2004 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor


G

James Allen GähresThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Blas GalindoThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1910-1993 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

José Pablo Moncayo <strong>García</strong> José Pablo Moncayo GarcíaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1912-1958 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

George <strong>Gershwin</strong> George GershwinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1898-1937 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

MasterpiecesComplete works

Kenneth <strong>Gilbert</strong> Kenneth GilbertThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1931-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Don GillisThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1912-1978 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Szymon GoldbergThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1909-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Jerry <strong>Goldsmith</strong> Jerry GoldsmithThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1929-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Morton <strong>Gould</strong> Morton GouldThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1913-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Percy <strong>Grainger</strong> Percy GraingerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Alexander <strong>Gretchaninov</strong> Alexander GretchaninovThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1864-1956 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Ferde von GroféThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1892-1972 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor


H

Henry Kimball <strong>Hadley</strong> Henry Kimball HadleyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1871-1937 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Marvin <strong>Hamlisch</strong> Marvin HamlischThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1944-2012 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Howard <strong>Hanson</strong> Howard HansonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1896-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

John <strong>Harbison</strong> John HarbisonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Skitch HendersonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1918-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Victor <strong>Herbert</strong> Victor HerbertThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1859-1924 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Bernard <strong>Herrmann</strong> Bernard HerrmannThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1911-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Paul <strong>Hindemith</strong> Paul HindemithThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1895-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Jascha <strong>Horenstein</strong> Jascha HorensteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1898-1973 (20th century)
Conductor

Alan <strong>Hovhaness</strong> Alan HovhanessThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1911-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Karel <strong>Husa</strong> Karel HusaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1921-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor


J

Neeme <strong>Järvi</strong> Neeme JärviThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor

Donald JohanosThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1928-2007 (20th century)
Conductor


K

Jeronimas KačinskasThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1907-2005 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Emmerich <strong>Kálmán</strong> Emmerich KálmánThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1882-1953 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Jānis KalniņšThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1904-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Milton KatimsThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1909-2006 (20th century)
Conductor

Karl KingThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1891-1971 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Werner <strong>Klemperer</strong> Werner KlempererThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1920-2000 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor

Rudolf KolischThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1896-1978 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Nikolai KorndorfThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1947-2001 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Erich Wolfgang <strong>Korngold</strong> Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1897-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

MasterpiecesComplete works

Andre KostelanetzThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1901-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Serge <strong>Koussevitzky</strong> Serge KoussevitzkyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Stephen <strong>Kovacevich</strong> Stephen KovacevichThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 80 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

William KraftThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 97 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Ernst <strong>Krenek</strong> Ernst KrenekThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1900-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Erich KunzelThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1935-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Robert <strong>Kurka</strong> Robert KurkaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1921-1957 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Efrem KurtzThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1900-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Milan KymlickaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1936-2008 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor


L

Siegfried LandauThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1921-2007 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Michel <strong>Legrand</strong> Michel LegrandThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1932-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor

Erik W. G. LeidzénThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1962 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Mitch <strong>Leigh</strong> Mitch LeighThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1928-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Erich <strong>Leinsdorf</strong> Erich LeinsdorfThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1912-1993 (20th century)
Conductor

... L

Tania <strong>León</strong> Tania LeónThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1943-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

James <strong>Levine</strong> James LevineThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Otto LueningThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1900-1996 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor


M

Lorin <strong>Maazel</strong> Lorin MaazelThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1930-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Ernest MacMillanThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1893-1973 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Henry <strong>Mancini</strong> Henry ManciniThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1924-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Albert MarkovThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 87 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Eduardo <strong>Mata</strong> Eduardo MataThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1942-1995 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Zubin <strong>Mehta</strong> Zubin MehtaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 84 (20th century)
Conductor

Yehudi <strong>Menuhin</strong> Yehudi MenuhinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1916-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Jorge MesterThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 85 (20th century)
Conductor

Michael MinskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1918-1988 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Conductor

Henri <strong>Miro</strong> Henri MiroThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1879-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Dimitri <strong>Mitropoulos</strong> Dimitri MitropoulosThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1896-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Eduardo Hernández MoncadaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1899-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Pierre <strong>Monteux</strong> Pierre MonteuxThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1875-1964 (20th century)
Conductor

Douglas MooreThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1893-1969 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Oskar MorawetzThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1917-2007 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Jean MorelThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1903-1975 (20th century)
Conductor

François <strong>Morel</strong> François MorelThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1926-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor


N

John <strong>Nelson</strong> John NelsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Randy <strong>Newman</strong> Randy NewmanThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer, Performer & Conductor


O

Eugene <strong>Ormandy</strong> Eugene OrmandyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1899-1985 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor


P

Wilfrid <strong>Pelletier</strong> Wilfrid PelletierThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1896-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Murray <strong>Perahia</strong> Murray PerahiaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Louis PersingerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1887-1966 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Stu PhillipsThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 91 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Walter <strong>Piston</strong> Walter PistonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

André <strong>Previn</strong> André PrevinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1929-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor


Q

Eve <strong>Queler</strong> Eve QuelerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 90 (20th century)
Conductor


R

Sergei <strong>Rachmaninoff</strong> Sergei RachmaninoffThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1873-1943 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

MasterpiecesComplete works

Gardner ReadThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1913-2005 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Fritz <strong>Reiner</strong> Fritz ReinerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1888-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Alois ReiserThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1884-1977 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Silvestre <strong>Revueltas</strong> Silvestre RevueltasThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1899-1940 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Wallingford <strong>Riegger</strong> Wallingford RieggerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1885-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Joshua RifkinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Miklós <strong>Rózsa</strong> Miklós RózsaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1907-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Julius RudelThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1921-2014 (20th century)
Conductor

Max RudolfThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1902-1995 (20th century)
Conductor


S

Carlos <strong>Salzedo</strong> Carlos SalzedoThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1885-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Lalo <strong>Schifrin</strong> Lalo SchifrinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Thomas <strong>Schippers</strong> Thomas SchippersThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1930-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Alexander <strong>Schneider</strong> Alexander SchneiderThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1908-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Arnold <strong>Schoenberg</strong> Arnold SchoenbergThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

MasterpiecesComplete works

Henry SchoenfeldThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1857-1936 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor

Gunther <strong>Schuller</strong> Gunther SchullerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1925-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

William SchumanThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1910-1992 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Joseph SchwantnerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Gerard <strong>Schwarz</strong> Gerard SchwarzThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Sholom SecundaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1974 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Doc SeverinsenThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 93 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Ralph <strong>Shapey</strong> Ralph ShapeyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1921-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Howard <strong>Shore</strong> Howard ShoreThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Oscar ShumskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1917-2000 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Elie <strong>Siegmeister</strong> Elie SiegmeisterThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1909-1991 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Alexander <strong>Siloti</strong> Alexander SilotiThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1863-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Joseph SilversteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1932-2015 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Leonard <strong>Slatkin</strong> Leonard SlatkinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Nicolas <strong>Slonimsky</strong> Nicolas SlonimskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Nikolai SokoloffThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1886-1965 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Izler SolomonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1910-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

John Philip <strong>Sousa</strong> John Philip SousaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1854-1932 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Ethel <strong>Stark</strong> Ethel StarkThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1910-2012 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Leon SteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1910-2002 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

William <strong>Steinberg</strong> William SteinbergThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Conductor

Max <strong>Steiner</strong> Max SteinerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1888-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Isaac <strong>Stern</strong> Isaac SternThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1920-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Fritz StiedryThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1883-1968 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

William Grant <strong>Still</strong> William Grant StillThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1895-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Josef StránskýThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1872-1936 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Ignace StrasfogelThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1909-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Igor <strong>Stravinsky</strong> Igor StravinskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1882-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

MasterpiecesComplete works

Gustav StrubeThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1867-1953 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Frank Van der <strong>Stucken</strong> Frank Van der StuckenThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1858-1929 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Carlos SurinachThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1915-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

George <strong>Szell</strong> George SzellThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1897-1970 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor


T

Robert TalbotThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1893-1954 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Oscar Ferdinand TelgmannThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1855-1946 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Michael Tilson <strong>Thomas</strong> Michael Tilson ThomasThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Theodore <strong>Thomas</strong> Theodore ThomasThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1835-1905 (Romantic)
Performer & Conductor

Randall <strong>Thompson</strong> Randall ThompsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1899-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Virgil <strong>Thomson</strong> Virgil ThomsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1896-1989 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Dimitri <strong>Tiomkin</strong> Dimitri TiomkinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Joan <strong>Tower</strong> Joan TowerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor


V

Joseph VézinaThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1849-1924 (Romantic)
Composer & Conductor

John VincentThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1902-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor


W

Alfred WallensteinThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1898-1983 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Robert WardThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1917-2013 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Kurt <strong>Weill</strong> Kurt WeillThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1900-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Hugo WeisgallThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1912-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Clarence Cameron <strong>White</strong> Clarence Cameron WhiteThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1880-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Earl <strong>Wild</strong> Earl WildThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1915-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

John <strong>Williams</strong> John WilliamsThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

Charles WilsonThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 89 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor

Charles <strong>Wuorinen</strong> Charles WuorinenThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1938-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor


Z

Benjamin <strong>Zander</strong> Benjamin ZanderThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 81 (20th century)
Conductor

Efrem ZimbalistThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1889-1985 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor

David <strong>Zinman</strong> David ZinmanThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 84 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

Paul <strong>Zukofsky</strong> Paul ZukofskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1943-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor

See also...

Timelines : Conductors

  • The great classical music conductors
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  • The great 19th-century conductors (1850 - 1900)

Indexes

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