Wilhelm Furtwängler is your fifth cousin thrice removed.
Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler ; 25 January 1886 – 30 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. He was a major influence for many later conductors, and his name is often mentioned when discussing their interpretative styles.[1]
Furtwängler was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic between 1922 and 1945, and from 1952 until 1954. He was also principal conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra (1922–26), and was a guest conductor of other major orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic
Birth: January 25, 1886
Berlin, Germany
Death: November 30, 1954 (68)
Ebersteinburg, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (pneumonia )
Place of Burial: Bergfriedhof, Heidelberg
Immediate Family:
Son of Johann Michael Adolf Furtwängler and Adelheid Furtwängler
Husband of Elisabeth Furtwängler
Ex-husband of Zilta Furtwängler and Else Hutchinson
Father of Andreas* Ernst Furtwängler
Brother of Walter* Eugen Furtwängler and Märit Marta Klara Scheler
His father:
Johann Michael Adolf Furtwängler
Gender: Male
Birth: June 30, 1853
Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
his grandfather:
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Dr.
Birth: October 10, 1809 Schwefeldobel, Gütenbach, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Death: March 08, 1876 Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Son of Bartholomäus Furtwängler, "Schmitte-Bartli" and Helene Furtwängler
Husband of Margarethe Furtwängler (Schmidt)
Father of Johann Michael Adolf Furtwängler; Annele Furtwängler; Luise Furtwängler and Minna Furtwängler
Brother of Johannes Furtwängler; Katharina Winterhalder; Justina Furtwängler; Pius Furtwängler; Philipp Furtwängler
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Wilhelm Furtwängler was born in Schöneberg (now a district/borough of Berlin) into a prominent family. His father Adolf was an archaeologist, his mother a painter. Most of his childhood was spent in Munich, where his father taught at the city's Ludwig Maximilian University. He was given a musical education from an early age, and developed an early love of Ludwig van Beethoven, a composer with whose works he remained closely associated throughout his life
