Serge Koussevitzky

Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (died 1951)

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Born: July 26, 1874
Died: June 4, 1951
Zodiac sign: Leo
Birth year: 1874

About Serge Koussevitzky

Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949. Koussevitzky's second wife Natalie died in 1942, and he created the Koussevitzky Music Foundations in her honor. In the early 1940s, he discovered a young tenor named Alfred Cocozza (who would later be known as Mario Lanza), and provided him with a scholarship to attend Tanglewood.

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The world when Serge Koussevitzky was born

Serge Koussevitzky was born in 1874. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineFirst zoo in US opens in Philadelphia
Technology milestoneBarbed wire patented
Notable inventionBarbed wire fencing
World population~1.54B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
U.S. population41.8M

1874 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Serge Koussevitzky's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1874	2026
Population	41.8M	341 million

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