Serge Koussevitzky - Lenox, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 21.814 W 073° 17.047
18T E 641295 N 4691569
The grave of Russian-American conductor, composer, double-bassist, and long time music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Serge Koussevitzky is locate in the Church-On-The-Hill Cemetery in Lenox, MA.
Waymark Code: WM117V0
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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The grave of Serge Koussevitzky is marked by a marble headstone engraved with the heraldic five fold Jerusalem cross and the inscription:

SERGE
KOUSSEVITZKY
{Five Fold Jerusalem Cross}
26 JULY 4 JUNE
1874 - 1951

Lower down the hill is a second monument which is inscribed:

In Loving Memory
of
Serge Koussevitzky
by The Members of
The Israel Symphony Orchestra

To Whom He was Great and Inspired Leader
and A Loved and Honored Friend

{Five Fold Jerusalem Cross}

Description:

Serge Koussevitzky was born in Vyshny Volochyok, Russia on July 26, 1874. He studied double bass at the Musico-Dramatic Institute of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. In 1905, he married Natalie Ushkova, the daughter of a wealthy tea merchant and moved to Berlin, Germany where he made his debut as a conductor with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1908.

In 1924 he was appointment as the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position he held until 1949. He was instrumental in developing the BSO as a world class orchestra and established the world renown summer concert and educational series at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, MA. The 5,700 seat Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood is named in his honor.

Koussevitzky was a champion of modern music. He commissioned works by such contemporary composers as Maurice Ravel, Aaron Copeland, Sergi Prokofiev, George Gershwin, Sergey Rachmaninoff, and Igor Stravinsky. The Koussevitzky Prize for outstanding student conductor has been awarded to such famous conductors as Seiji Ozawa and Michael Tilson Thomas.



Date of birth: 07/26/1874

Date of death: 06/04/1951

Area of notoriety: Entertainment

Marker Type: Headstone

Setting: Outdoor

Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours

Fee required?: No

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