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Leopold Stokowski: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 18, 1882 • London • England
Died September 13, 1977 (aged 95) • England
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1965)
Notable Family Members spouse Gloria Vanderbilt

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Leopold Stokowski.
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Menuhin.
Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d’Abernon
American violinist and conductor
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Beecham, 1959
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
British conductor
Alan Gilbert.
Alan Gilbert
American conductor
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Neville Marriner, on the cover of Mozart Overtures, released by EMI and Capitol Records, 1982.
Neville Marriner
British musician
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
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Sir Colin Davis
British conductor
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Lorin Maazel
American conductor
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Robert Shaw
American conductor
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Erich Leinsdorf
American musician
Eugene Ormandy, 1966.
Eugene Ormandy
American conductor
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Julius Rudel
Austrian-American conductor
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Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli-American violinist
Reiner, Fritz
Fritz Reiner
Hungarian-American conductor
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Morton Gould
American musician and composer
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor