Wolfgang Gert Stresemann (20 July 1904 – 6 November 1998) was a German jurist, orchestra leader, conductor and composer. He was the

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of the

Berliner Philharmoniker The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922� ...

from 1959 to 1978 and again from mid 1984 to early 1985, a time when

Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan (; born ''Heribert Adolf Ernst Karajan''; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, ...

served as music director. Stresemann was the son of the German statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Gustav Stresemann Gustav Ernst Stresemann (; 10 May 1878 – 3 October 1929) was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic who served as Chancellor of Germany#First German Republic (Weimar Republic, 1919–1933), chancellor of Germany from August to November 1 ...

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) was a

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at the

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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 für

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

References

1904 births 1998 deaths Jurists from Berlin German male conductors (music) German people of Jewish descent Orchestra leaders Composers 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