Eduard van Beinum

Eduard van Beinum (born Sept. 3, 1901, Arnhem, Neth.—died April 13, 1959, Amsterdam) was a Dutch conductor, pianist, and violist who led orchestras in Europe and the United States. At 17 van Beinum entered the Amsterdam Conservatory after a year of playing in the string section of the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra. A series of minor appointments led to conductorships of the Haarlem Orchestra and Haarlem Roman Catholic Choir, posts that he held until 1931, the...