About Fred Goldbeck
Lived 1902 – 1981 (aged 79). Fred Goldbeck was a French conductor, musicologist and musicographer.
Fred Goldbeck (13 February 1902 – 3 October 1981 in Paris) was a French musicologist and conductor of Dutch origin.
Biography Born in the Netherlands, Fred Goldbeck moved to France in 1924. He met the pianist Yvonne Lefébure and became her companion before the Second World War. They got married in 1947.
As a conductor, he was first of all a disciple of Mengelberg and Furtwängler. Thus he wrote an important first book: Le parfait chef d'orchestre. Thereafter, he defended the works of contemporary composers such as Busoni and Britten, until Boulez and Xenakis. He also promoted Dutch musicians such as Alphons Diepenbrock, Matthijs Vermeulen and Willem Pijper.
Writings Monographs
, foreword by Rémy Stricker.
Articles , 24 p. 107 p
Publisher , foreword by Henry Prunières
Correspondence
, translated by Jacques-Gabriel Prod'homme
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Who was Fred Goldbeck?
French musicologist and conductor
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Fred Goldbeck was born on 13 February 1902 in The Hague.
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Fred Goldbeck died on 31 October 1981 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Fred Goldbeck was a conductor, musicologist and musicographer.
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Fred Goldbeck was French.
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