Walter Goehr [SEP] date of birth
Walter Goehr
Walter Goehr (; 28 May 19034 December 1960) was a German composer and conductor.
Biography.
Goehr was born in Berlin, where he studied with Arnold Schoenberg and embarked on a conducting career, before being forced as a Jew to seek employment outside Germany after working for Berlin Radio in 1932. He was invited to become music director for the Gramophone Company (later EMI), so he moved to London. In 1937, he conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the premiere recording of Bizet's Symphony
(car accident)
- December 4 – Walter Goehr, composer, 57
- December 7 – Clara Haskil, pianist, 65
- December 10 – Mado Robin, singer, 41 (cancer)
- "Date unknown"
- Oliphant Chuckerbutty (b. 1884), organist and composer
- Lawrence Duhé (b. 1887), jazz musician
- Lorenzo Herrera (b. 1896), singer and composer
- Jacobo Rubalcaba (b. 1895), musician and bandleader
Awards.
Awards Grammy Awards.