Klemperer

American

[klem-per-er] / ˈklɛm pər ər /

noun

Otto, 1885–1973, German orchestra conductor.

Klemperer British

/ ˈklɛmpərə /

noun

Otto. 1885–1973, orchestral conductor, born in Germany. He was best known for his interpretations of Austro-German classics

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Klemperer has spent much of his career studying earthquakes in this remote area.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

“They’re not well served by being compared side to side with a hot dog,” Klemperer explained.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

Scientists have proposed so many tears in recent years, “it’s become a cottage industry,” quips study author Simon Klemperer, a geophysicist at Stanford University.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2024

Klemperer, he suggests, was a different kind of conductor, neither interested in “sentimentality in music,” as his contemporary Bruno Walter had been, nor in “rhetoric and pathos,” like his rival Wilhelm Furtwängler.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023

I then went to Wiesbaden to take part as soloist in my Concerto at a symphony concert conducted by Klemperer.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor

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