Arthur Claassen, Sr. (February 19, 1859 - March 16, 1920) was an orchestral conductor.
Biography
He was born in
Stargard, Germany, on February 19, 1859. He attended the music school in
Weimar, Germany
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. From 1880 to 1884 he worked as an opera conductor in
Göttingen
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and
Magdeburg
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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
. In 1884 he migrated to the
United States
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and became the conductor for the
New York Eichenkranz and then the conductor for the
Brooklyn Arion
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in 1890. Claassen moved to
San Francisco, California
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, in 1919.
[
He died on March 16, 1920, in San Francisco.] He was buried in Mission Burial Park South in San Antonio, Texas
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.
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1859 births
1920 deaths
Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States