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... des Champs-Élysées on October 2, 1925, when she became an immediate success. ...
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... A leading politician and diplomat in Austria-Hungary. He was ambassador to Serbia 1887–95, then to Greece 1895–1903; then successively Finance Minister 1903–12, minister in the Hungarian government with responsibilities for Austria 1913–15, Foreign ...
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... the libretti of La forza del destino, Simon Boccanegra, and Don Carlos, all highly successful, and author of many articles on Verdi. ...
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... Second wife of the American President Woodrow Wilson. Her family owned a successful jewelry business. After Wilson's stroke in 1919, she played an important part in supporting him personally and taking over what she called the "stewardship" of ...
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... German pianist, notable especially for his technical mastery and interpretations of Beethoven. Career Summary Backhaus was a pupil of Alois Reckendorf in Leipzig (1891‒99) and Eugen d'Albert (1899). He began his successful career as a concert artist ...
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... Austrian pianist and composer. Pembaur studied with Rheinberger and Thuille at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich, after which he pursued a successful career as a concert pianist until shortly before his death. He taught piano at the Leipzig ...
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... Austrian composer and conductor. Career Summary Zemlinsky achieved early success as a composer with chamber works that won the approval of Brahms when performed by the Tonkünstlerverein in Vienna. He met the 18-year old Arnold Schoenberg in 1893 ...
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... . From 1895 he held conducting positions in a succession of cities leading to that of second conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic 1907‒12, after which he was conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 1912‒17, in succession to Stokowski. While in the ...
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... appointed chief conductor at the Vienna court in 1890. He first conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1900, and became its principal conductor in succession to Gustav Mahler in 1901, scandal forcing him to resign from that position in 1903 and later ...
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... German novelist, pastor, writer on racial theory. Career Summary Frenssen studied theology at the Universities of Tübingen, Berlin, and Kiel, after which he became a pastor. He rapidly became a successful novelist with Die Sandgräfin (1896) and Jörn ...