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Kurt Masur: Quick Facts

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Born July 18, 1927 • Brzeg • Poland
Died December 19, 2015 (aged 88) • Greenwich • Connecticut

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Michael Tilson Thomas
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Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
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Richard Wagner
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Johannes Brahms
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George Frideric Handel
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Richard Strauss
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Felix Mendelssohn
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André Previn.
André Previn
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