Posted on 12/19/2015 8:13:58 AM PST by EveningStar
Kurt Masur, the music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic, who was credited with transforming the orchestra from a sullen, lackluster ensemble into one of luminous renown, died on Saturday in Greenwich, Conn. He was 88.
The death was announced by the Philharmonic.
Mr. Masur (pronounced mah-ZOOR) was the Philharmonic's music director from 1991 to 2002. When he took its helm, the orchestra was roundly considered to be a world-class ensemble in name only, its playing grown slipshod, its players fractious and discontented, its recording contracts unrenewed.
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Well no organ music at his funeral .....RIP maestro .
RIP.
The Concertgebouw is without a baton.
Formerly of the Minnesota.
Aside from his abuse of vowels, a competent but not remarkable helmsman. But he is maturing, and will probably join the pantheon eventually.
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