Karajan

[ kar-uh-yuhn; German kah-rah-yahn ]

noun

1. Her·bert von [hur, -bert von, her, -b, uh, r, t f, uh, n], 1908–1989, Austrian conductor.

Karajan

/ ˈkaːrajan /

noun

1. KarajanHerbert von19081989MAustrianMUSIC: conductor Herbert von (ˈhɛrbɛrt fɔn). 1908–89, Austrian conductor

Example Sentences

After graduating, though, he moved to Vienna, where he turned toward music, soaking up the fertile opera scene of the early 1970s and singing a few times in choruses conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

From New York Times

“It was in the day when Karajan and Georg Solti were the two poles,” Palumbo said.

From New York Times

“And I became kind of absorbed by Karajan’s style, this rounder, mellower, deeper quality of sound.”

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And he found a parallel to the Karajan style in the old Italian school when he became the assistant to Dallas Opera’s chorus master, Roberto Benaglio.

From New York Times

Of the great musicians who have led this self-governing, proudly idiosyncratic orchestra, Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez were made honorary members; Herbert von Karajan and Karl Böhm were given honorary conducting titles.

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