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Erich Leinsdorf
Real Name: Erich Landauer
Austrian-born American conductor (* 04 February 1912 in Vienna, Austro-Hungary, now Austria; † 11 September 1993 in Zürich, Switzerland).
Naturalized American citizen in 1942.
Music director and principal conductor of:
• The Cleveland Orchestra (1943–1946, succeeding Artur Rodzinski)
• Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (1947–1955)
• New York City Opera Orchestra (1955–1957)
• The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra (1957–1962)
• Boston Symphony Orchestra (1962–1969)
