a person in the record

Wilhelm Furtwängler

German conductor and composer1886 to 1954

Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

How to read the markscited by a repository's recordstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred

Teachers and mentors4

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Anton Beer-Walbrunn
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Arthur Nikisch
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Josef Rheinberger
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Max von Schillings

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Kōichi Kishi
born 1909
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Wies Pée
born 1911

At a glance

known as: classical composer, conductor, composer, choir director, Staatsrat, chapelmaster, opera director, general music director, musicographer
fields: classical music
awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1952, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Goethe Medal for Art and Science, 1932, Pour le Mérite, Commemorative Medal of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities in Gold, 1935
member of: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin Philharmonic
Wikipedia: in 49 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaWilhelm Furtwängler
stated by WikidataWikidataQ57285
stated by WikidataVIAF74037565
stated by WikidataGND118536931
stated by WikidataIdRef02687699X
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121396698

Registers and profiles the record links this person to, each saying where the link was read.

Cite this page

Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

Show the citations

bibtex

@misc{academicancestry_Q57285,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Wilhelm Furtwängler: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q57285},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

apa

Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Wilhelm Furtwängler: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q57285