As per our current Database, Walter Damrosch has been died on 22 December, 1950 at New York City, New York, USA.
When Walter Damrosch die, Walter Damrosch was 88 years old.
| Popular As | Walter Damrosch |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | January 30, 1862 (Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]) |
| Birthday | January 30 |
| Town/City | Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland] |
| Nationality | Poland] |
Walter Damrosch’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Walter Damrosch was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Legendary conductor, composer, author, producer, pianist and educator who arrived in the USA in 1871. He was educated in New York public schools and studied music with his father Leopold Damrosch, Rischbeiter, Urspruch, and Von Bulow.
He was awarded honorary degrees from New York University, Princeton University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, New York State University, and Washington & Jefferson College.
He was accompanist to August Wilhelmj on his US tour, and permanent conductor of the Newark Harmonic Society. Succeeding his father as Wagnerian director for the Metropolitan Opera (1885-1891), he also conducted the New York Symphony and the Oratorio Society of New York, and produced a series of Wagner operas at Carnegie Hall in 1893-1894.
In 1895 he organized the damrosch Grand opera Company, became staff conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in 1900, and reorganized the New York Symphony in 1903, which he continued to direct until 1927.
During that year, he became a music counsel for NBC, and conducted a series of broadcasts. Also in 1927 (until 1929) he became president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and from 1940-1948 he was president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
During World War II, he founded a school for bandmasters at Fontainebleau, France.
