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Jun 01, 1906 London Died on 22 Mar 1979 (aged 72)
English classical music producer
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About Walter Legge
- Harry Walter Legge (1 June 1906 – 22 March 1979) was an English classical record producer, most especially associated with EMI.
- His recordings include many sets later regarded as classics and reissued by EMI as "Great Recordings of the Century".
- He worked in the recording industry from 1927, combining this with the post of junior music critic of The Manchester Guardian.
- He was assistant to Sir Thomas Beecham at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in World War II played a role in bringing music to the armed forces and civilians. After the war, Legge founded the Philharmonia Orchestra and worked for EMI as a recording producer.
- In the 1960s, he quarrelled with EMI and resigned.
- He attempted to disband the Philharmonia in 1964, but it continued as an independent body without him.
- After this he had no permanent job, and confined himself to giving masterclasses with, and supervising the recordings of, his second wife, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
