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1874–1951 American conductor Born in Russia, Koussevitzky started out as a double bass recitalist, turning to conducting in 1908. He left Russia in 1917, and was conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1924–49. His commissioning of many new works for Boston eventually led to the establishment of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical ...

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South America and conducted regularly at Covent Garden 1950–53. He made fine recordings of Le nozze di Figaro and Der Rosenkavalier. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Serge Koussevitzky | Modern Era | Classical ...

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1918–90 American composer and conductor Bernstein studied at Harvard and the Curtis Institute and became a protegé of Koussevitzky during summers spent at Tanglewood. His conducting break came in 1943, when the New York Philharmonic asked him to step in after its guest conductor was taken ill. The following year, still in his twenties, Bernstein wrote a successful Broadway ...

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SO (cond) Yoel Levi (Telarc) Sounds Familiar ‘Adagio’ for Strings Originally the slow movement for a string quartet, Barber’s ‘Adagio’ was taken up by such conductors as Toscanini and Koussevitzky and was played on occasions of national mourning or solemnity. Its haunting melody has been used for many soundtracks, most notably the war films Platoon and The Killing Fields. ...