György Endre Széll was born in Budapest but grew up in Vienna. His family was of Jewish origin but converted to Catholicism. As a young boy he was taken regularly to Mass. [6][7] Szell began his …

George Szell was a Hungarian-born American conductor, pianist, and composer who built the Cleveland Orchestra into a leading American orchestra during his long tenure (1946–70) there as musical director.

Oct 10, 2018 · George Szell was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1946 until his death in July, 1970. During that time, the Hungarian-born Jewish-American conductor transformed the …

Through his recordings, Szell has remained a presence in the classical music world long after his death, and his name remains synonymous with that of the Cleveland Orchestra.

With his legendary musical perfectionism and his extraordinary conducting technique, Szell is credited with establishing the Cleveland Orchestra as one of world’s premier symphony orchestras. George …

Szell (pronounced "cell") was born in Budapest but grew up in Vienna. He began his formal music training as a pianist, studying with Richard Robert, a personal friend of Johannes Brahms.

Szell held honorary degrees from Western Reserve University (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY) and Oberlin College, and was a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. His …

Szell’s goal as a conductor was to remain true to the composer’s intent, as he understood it. His repertoire centered on the central European classics of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, …

George Szell was born in Budapest, Hungary (then part of Austro-Hungary) in 1897, and his earliest teachers included Max Reger and J. B. Foerster. At first he pursued composition, going so far as to …

This book is the first full biography of George Szell, one of the greatest orchestra and opera conductors of the twentieth century.