Jens Nygaard (26 Oct 1931 - 24 Sep 2001) was an American orchestra conductor."Jens Nygaard, the Quixotic Conductor of the Jupiter Symphony, Dies at 69." (26 Sep 2001). ''New York Times'' He founded the

Jupiter Symphony Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. The work is nicknamed ...

in 1979 in New York with a grant from the

Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Carneg ...

. He was also the subject of a documentary entitled ''Life on Jupiter'' by Martin Spinelli.

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