Joseph Willem Mengelberg (28 March 1871 - 22 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor. Mengelberg was born fourth of sixteen children to German born parents in Utrecht, Netherlands. He studied in the Cologne conservatory, including piano and composition. When he lived in Lucerne, Switzerland in his early twenties, he was conductor of an orchestra and a choir, directed a music school, taught piano lessons and continued to compose. Wikipedia
Willem Mengelberg's performance of Bach's St.Matthew Passion BWV 244 on Palm Sunday 1939, was recorded on the Philips-Miller Optical Sound Recording System, transferred to analog tape, released on the Minigroove label in 1953, and later issued on the digi www.soundfountain.com/amb/phmil.html
...Discography of Willem Mengelberg compiled by Takeshi Hasegawa on October 2, 2001 Victor (acoustic) Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Beehtoven: Symphony 5 c-moll op.67 1st. mvt... web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/thase29/Willem2/Willem2.html
Listen to a 53 minute concert of historic recordings with Willem Mengelberg conducting. You can also read his biography and view his photo (below) while you listen. classicalrecordings.org/mengelberg.html
Willem Mengelberg made his debut as a pianist at a very young age and took over leadership of the Lucerne City Conservatory in 1891. www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Mengelberg-Willem.htm
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