Damrosch

Damrosch
/dam"rosh/; for 1 also Ger. /dahm"rddawsh/, n.
1. Leopold /lee"euh pohld'/; Ger. /lay"aw pawlt'/ 1832-85, German conductor and violinist, in the U.S. after 1871.
2. his son, Walter Johannes /joh han"is/, 1862-1950, U.S. conductor, born in Germany.

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