Alfred Wallenstein
American conductor (1898–1983)
Alfred Wallenstein (October 7, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American cellist and conductor. A successful solo and orchestral cellist in his early life, Wallenstein took up conducting in the 1930s and served as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1943 to 1956. . Early life. Wallenstein was born on October 7, 1898, in Chicago. His family was of Austrian descent, having immigrated to the United States in the 1880s, and was not a descended from Albrecht von Wallenstein, a noted military commander in the Thirty Years' War. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wallenstein
Alfred Wallenstein (October 7, 1898 – February 8, 1983) was an American cellist and conductor. A successful solo and orchestral cellist in his early life, Wallenstein took up conducting in the 1930s and served as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1943 to 1956. . Early life. Wallenstein was born on October 7, 1898, in Chicago. His family was of Austrian descent, having immigrated to the United States in the 1880s, and was not a descended from Albrecht von Wallenstein, a noted military commander in the Thirty Years' War. .
