Bruno Walter
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Bruno Walter was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. Born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the United States in 1939. He
Walter, Vienna, 1912
Bruno Walter, 1937
The family grave in 1998.
Bruno Walter conducting (photo with dedication from 1952)
Richard Strauss
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Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas. He was a leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era.
Bruno Walter
…Berlin, where he assumed the post of Royal Prussian Conductor at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, succeeding Franz Schalk; his colleagues there included Richard Strauss and Karl Muck. While in Berlin he also conducted the premiere of Der arme Heinrich by Hans Pfitzner, who became a lifelong friend. In 1901, Walter…
Strauss in 1904
Franz Strauss, father of Richard Strauss
Strauss aged 22
Pauline de Ahna Strauss, c. 1900