Kurt Masur: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Naxos - Kurt Masur. Apr 30, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 15, 2025
Add new Web site: Verbier Festival - Masur Kurt. Sep 05, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jul 14, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Remembering Kurt Masur, The Conductor Who Rebuilt The New York Philharmonic. May 09, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 26, 2024
Corrected display issue. Oct 29, 2020
Added cross-references. Dec 29, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic. Dec 21, 2016
Add new Web site: New York Philharmonic - Kurt Masur. Dec 21, 2016
Changed "Leipzig Academy of Music and Theatre" to "Leipzig University of Music and Theatre" and added information concerning his tenure at the New York Philharmonic. Feb 01, 2016
He died on December 19, 2015. Dec 19, 2015
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Kurt Masur. Feb 01, 2013
Add new Web site: Bach Cantatas - Kurt Masur (Conductor). Feb 01, 2013
Closed out his tenure as principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and as music director of the Orchestre National de France. May 23, 2012
Media added. Mar 20, 2009
Mentioned that Kurt Masur left New York Philharmonic and joined l'Orchestre National de France. Apr 06, 2007
Article revised and updated. Apr 06, 2007
Added new Web site: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk - Biography of Kurt Masur. Dec 17, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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