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Word: beinum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anomaly. A short (5 ft. 6 in.), quiet man who likes to take long birdwatching rambles in the woods, he is still slightly awed by the Concertge-bouw's tradition of polished, mellow musicianship and its line of distinguished conductors, particularly Willem Mengelberg and Eduard van Beinum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conductors: The Diffident Dutchman | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

...culture have been the saving of the Hollywood Bowl through a vigorous fund-raising campaign in 1951 and the launching of the new music center. Her detractors accuse her of ignoring better-informed musical opinion than her own and of alienating, before Solti, such talented musicians as Eduard van Beinum and Alfred Wallenstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Buffie & the Baton | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

...Beethoven and Bruckner. A childhood violin student at the Amsterdam Conservatory, Haitink "felt the need to have a broader instrument," studied conducting, was soon picked as assistant conductor of the Dutch Radio Philharmonic. In frequent guest stints with the Concertgebouw, Haitink has already replaced the light, silvery Eduard Van Beinum tone with a darker, deeper glow reminiscent of the way the orchestra sounded under Willem Mengelberg. Some critics call him too nuchter (sober), but, says Haitink, "after my first wild years, I am just trying to get a balance between my heart and my head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Batons | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

...replacement for the late Eduard van Beinum, the Los Angeles Philharmonic announced the appointment of Hungarian-born Georg Solti, 47, now musical director of the excellent Frankfurt Opera. Solti has guest-conducted most major U.S. orchestras, built a reputation in Europe as a fine interpreter of Mozart and Wagner, next season will make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera conducting a revival of Tannhäuser. But his main enthusiasm, he has said, is symphonic conducting, particularly in the U.S. Says he: "This is the country of the future. And it has a growing music tradition. I like something that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Migratory Conductors | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

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