Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky | |
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| Сергей Кусевицкий | |
Koussevitzky between 1920 and 1950 | |
| Born | 26 July 1874 |
| Died | 4 June 1951 (aged 76) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, double-bassist, composer |
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Serge Koussevitzky (born Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky; Russian: Сергей Александрович Кусевицкий, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kʊsʲɪˈvʲitskʲɪj]; 26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1874 – 4 June 1951) was a Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949.