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Mengelberg, Josef Willem

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Mengelberg, Josef Willem (yō`zəf vĭl`əm mĕng`əlbĕrk), 1871–1951, Dutch conductor. Conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (1895–1945), he was noted for interpretations of Mahler Mahler, Gustav , 1860–1911, composer and conductor, born in Austrian Bohemia of Jewish parentage. Mahler studied at the Univ. of Vienna and the Vienna Conservatory.
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 and Richard Strauss Strauss, Richard , 1864–1949, German composer. Strauss brought to a culmination the development of the 19th-century symphonic poem, and was a leading composer of romantic opera in the early 20th cent.
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, whose Ein Heldenleben is dedicated to him. He also conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1921–29). In 1945, he retired to Switzerland.


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