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But this time everything was distinctly not in order: Van Beinum’s predecessor, the great Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg, was still down on the books for 10,000 guilders ($3,760) a year ...

“We also thought why shouldn’t we invite an Asian orchestra?” Mahler's first champion was Willem Mengelberg, who conducted the entirety of the first Mahler Festival in 1920 to celebrate his ...

Ten years ago a pale young Hungarian violinist playing in the orchestra at Manhattan’s Capitol cinemansion, applied to Conductor Willem Mengelberg for the job of assistant concertmaster with the ...