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Wolfgang Gert Stresemann (20 July 1904 – 6 November 1998) was a German jurist, orchestra leader, conductor and composer. He was the
Wolfgang Gert Stresemann (20 July 1904 – 6 November 1998) was a German jurist, orchestra leader, conductor and composer. He was the intendant
An intendant (; pt, intendente ; es, intendente ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In ...
of the Berliner Philharmoniker from 1959 to 1978 and again from mid 1984 to early 1985, a time when Herbert von Karajan served as music director.
Stresemann was the son of the German statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Gustav Stresemann and his wife Käte, born Kleefeld.
From 1939 to 1956, Stresemann lived in the United States with his mother.
Stresemann's daughter Christina (born 1957) is a judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...
at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany.
Publications
*''Mein Vater, Gustav Stresemann'' (1979) *''Ein seltsamer Mann; Erinnerungen an Herbert von Karajan'' *''Wie konnte es geschehen? Hitlers Aufstieg in der Erinnerung eines Zeitzeugen'' *''Philharmonie und Philharmoniker'' *''... und abends in die Philharmonie. Erinnerungen an große Dirigenten'' *''Zeiten und Klaenge: Ein Leben zwischen Musik und Politik'' *''Eine Lanze fürFelix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...
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References
1904 births 1998 deaths Jurists from Berlin German male conductors (music) German people of Jewish descent Orchestra leaders Musicians from Dresden 20th-century German conductors (music) 20th-century German composers 20th-century German male musicians Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-composer-stub