or ? or ? 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 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.
Timeline of conductors, between 1900 and 1950 in Oceania
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 : or ? or ? 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 Oceania, 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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ComposersConductorsTLyrical singersPerformers 2020
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.
Listed conductors
For this period 1900-1950, in Oceania, the conductors listed are not very numerous (compared to the 4400+ conductors already listed by soClassiQ).
Here they are:
Arthur BenjaminThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1893-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Richard BonyngeThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 89 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Gary BrainThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1943-2015 (20th century)
Conductor
Edwin CarrThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1926-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Stuart ChallenderThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1947-1991 (20th century)
Conductor
Edward Harold DaviesThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1867-1947 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Percy GraingerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
John LanchberyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1923-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
George Logie-SmithThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1914-2007 (20th century)
Conductor
Charles MackerrasThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1925-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
Gustav MahlerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Richard MillsThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 70 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Robert StolzThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1880-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Richard StraussThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1864-1949 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Conductor
MasterpiecesComplete works
Georg TintnerThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1917-1999 (20th century)
Composer & Conductor
Barry TuckwellThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
1931-2020 (20th century)
Performer & Conductor
Vladimir VerbitskyThe great 20th-century conductors (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor
Some conductors to be celebrated very soon
Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In July 2020 some of them may celebrate a special anniversary. For others, amateurs and enthusiasts will celebrate the bicentenary of their birth or the fiftieth anniversary of their death for example. Among them, some famous conductors:
on 3, Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004), 90th anniversary (Birth),
on 7, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), 160th anniversary (Birth),
on 15, Leopold von Auer (1845-1930), 90th anniversary (Death),
on 21, Isaac Stern (1920-2001), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 28, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), 270th anniversary (Death),
...
There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the June 2020 celebrations (20+).
Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...
See also...
Timelines : Conductors
- The great classical music conductors
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century conductors [II.] (1950 - 2000)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century conductors [I.] (1900 - 1950)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 19th-century conductors (1850 - 1900)
Indexes
- All conductors : by era * by country
- by alphabetical order : A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U * V * W * X * Y * Z
- Young artists (Conductors)
Other timelines
- Composers : 10 centuries of classical music
- The great lyrical singers
- The great classical music performers
Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...
Last update : 2020-06-01