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Artur Bodanzky

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97: 123: 31: 215:". However, later in his career at the Met Bodanzky became "notorious for his rapid tempi, particularly in Wagner". Bodanzky reputedly introduced more cuts in operas he prepared than many other contemporary conductors, and it was sometimes suggested that he was eager to finish the opera in time to play cards. 247:, and Furtwängler. As to the matter of cuts, it was the almost invariable practice in opera houses outside Bayreuth at that time. Bodanzky compares favorably with both Furtwängler and Reiner in this respect. In 1944, Szell gave a broadcast performance of 222:
Many recordings survive of Bodanzky's Met broadcasts (some of which, for legal reasons, are not available in the United States). These include the very earliest Met broadcasts to survive, from 1933 and 1934, featuring substantial fragments of soprano
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Frida Leider praised Bodanzky's "outstanding artistry" in her autobiography, written after Bodanzky's death. Arturo Toscanini, who had supported Bodansky's appointment to the Met, was reportedly saddened by his death.
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When he was appointed to his position at Mannheim Bodanzky was praised as a "mature and diligent" conductor" with "only one deficiency: a certain heavy-handedness, a predilection for
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criticized his abilities as a symphonic conductor, saying that "he gave an impression of being unfamiliar with what he was there to direct".
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which has been reissued on CD and which, as regards fast tempi and severity of cuts, is comparable to anything of Bodanzky's.
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as a guest conductor. In 1928, Bodanzky announced his resignation from the Met and was replaced by
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in 1936, but his requested fee of £250 for each performance was considered exorbitant.
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Artur was the brother of the noted journalist and playwright
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Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall
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Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
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Robert Bodanzky

conductor
Wagner

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow
NY
violin
Alexander Zemlinsky
Gustav Mahler
Berlin
Prague
Otto Klemperer
Mannheim
Metropolitan Opera
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Arturo Toscanini
Ferruccio Busoni
New York Philharmonic
Joseph Rosenstock
Thomas Beecham
Covent Garden
ritardando
H. L. Mencken
Frida Leider
Die Walküre
Tristan und Isolde
Albert Coates

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