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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Today's Birthday in Music: May 14 (Klemperer)

1885 - Otto Klemperer, Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland); conductor and composer

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Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven's 3rd Symphony ("Eroica"), 1st movement (New Philharmonia Orchestra; live performance at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

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