Richard Westenburg

American conductor (1932–2008)
Person human Q7329905
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Richard Westenburg

Summary

Richard Westenburg is a human[1]. He was born on April 26, 1932[2]. He died on February 20, 2008[3]. He worked as a conductor[4], choir director[5], and music educator[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Richard Westenburg was born on April 26, 1932[2].
  • Richard Westenburg died on February 20, 2008[3].
  • Richard Westenburg held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Richard Westenburg worked as a conductor[4].
  • Richard Westenburg worked as a choir director[5].
  • Richard Westenburg worked as a music educator[6].
  • Richard Westenburg was employed by Rutgers University[9].
  • Richard Westenburg was employed by Juilliard School[10].
  • Richard Westenburg is recorded as male[11].
  • Richard Westenburg's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Richard Westenburg's family name is recorded as Q37435363[13].
  • Richard Westenburg's given name is recorded as Richard[14].
  • Richard Westenburg studied under Nadia Boulanger[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[16]

  • Country: US[17]

  • Began / founded: 1932-04-26[18]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2008-02-20[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f1759b75-760e-4a1b-bb25-2d5b20e82786[20]

Body

Origins and Family

Richard Westenburg was born on April 26, 1932[2].

Education

Richard Westenburg studied under Nadia Boulanger[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include conductor[4], choir director[5], and music educator[6]. Employers include Rutgers University[9], a public research university[21], in United States[22], founded in 1766[23] and Juilliard School[10], a conservatory[24], in United States[25], founded in 1905[26], headquartered in New York City[27].

Death and Burial

Richard Westenburg died on February 20, 2008[3].

Why It Matters

Richard Westenburg ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7]

FAQs

What did Richard Westenburg do for work?

Richard Westenburg worked as conductor[4], choir director[5], and music educator[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . list of students of Frédéric Chopin. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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