George Szell

✶June 7, 1897

†July 29, 1970

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George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Széll, or Georg Szell, was an Austro-Hungarian-born American conductor, composer, and pianist. Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, he was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and recorded much of the standard classical repertoire in Cleveland and with other orchestras.

Classical conductor and composer (1897–1970)

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Biography from the article George Szell on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.