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• Dorati
  Dorati

  noun

  Antal 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
• Doráti
  Doráti

  noun

  Antal (ˈæntæl). 1906–88, US conductor and composer

Dorati

American  

[daw-rah-tee, doh-, daw-ro-ti] / dɔˈrɑ ti, doʊ-, ˈdɔ rɒ tɪ /

noun

1. Antal 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.

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Doráti British  

/ dəˈrɑːtɪ /

noun

1. Antal (ˈæntæl). 1906–88, US conductor and composer

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Example Sentences

There were exceptions—Antal Dorati, the orchestra’s music director in the 1970s, made a fine recording of Claude Debussy’s “Iberia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

In Minneapolis, he will head an orchestra whose past music directors include Eugene Ormandy, Dmitri Mitropoulos, Antal Dorati, Neville Marriner and Edo de Waart.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Consult the recorded legacy he has left with the BIS label, one at least equal in stature to those of predecessors including Dimitri Mitropoulos and Antal Dorati, and it would be difficult to disagree.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022

The first recording of the complete ballet came with the LP era – and it was American: Antal Dorati recorded it with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, in 1954.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010

Recalls Dorati: "There was nothing more difficult in this world than trying to help Bart�k."

From Time Magazine Archive