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Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)
Rudolf Baumgartner was a Swiss conductor, violinist and music educator. In 1956 he founded the Lucerne Festival Strings chamber orchestra together with Wolfgang Schneiderhan. He later co-founded the Lucerne Festival Strings with Schneiderhan in 1956. In the 1950s Baumgartner recorded the complete sonatas for violin and harpsichord of J.
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Rudolf Baumgartner was born in 1917. 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.
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| Measure | 1917 | 2026 |
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| Gas | $0.25 | $3.45/gal |
| Population | 100.8M | 341 million |
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