June 7, 1897 Born in Budapest
1900 ca Family moves to Vienna
1908 Public debut as pianist and composer with Vienna Tonktinstler Orchestra
1909-10 Ten-year publishing contract with Universal Edition
1913 First conducting—Bad Kissingen
1914 Conducting debut with Berlin Philharmonic; appears also as soloist and composer
1915-17 Assistant conductor and coach at Berlin Royal Opera: association with Richard Strauss
1917-18 Follows Klemperer as first conductor in Strassburg under Hans Pfitzner
1919-21 Assistant conductor and coach at German Opera House in Prague
1920 Marries Olga Band (ends in divorce in 1926
1921-22 Conductor at Darmstadt State Opera
1922-24 Conductor at Municipal Opera in Dusseldor
1924-29 First conductor at Berlin State Opera under Kleiber
1929-37 General music director of German Opera House in Prague; follows Hans Wilhelm (William) Steinberg Becomes Czech citizen
Guest conducts throughout Europe and in Russia and England
1930 U.S. debut with St. Louis Symphony; returns in 1931
1937-39 Regular conductor at Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow and at Residentie Orchestra in Hague
1938 Marries Helene Schultz Thltsch in Glasgow
1938-39 Conducts Australian Broadcasting Corporation orchestras
1939 Travels to New York via Vancouver
1941- Guest conducts Detroit Symphony, NBC Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ravinia, Robin Hood Dell
1942 Metropolitan Opera debut, December—Salome
1942-46 Regular at Metropolitan Opera
Guest conducts New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra
1944-45 Guest conducts Cleveland Orchestra
1945-46 Three weeks as guest with Cleveland
1946 Becomes musical director of Cleveland
Becomes American citizen
1948-64 Holland Festival
1949-64 Spring Festivals, Zurich
1949-64 Salzburg Festival
1954 Last conducts Metropolitan Opera, January—Tannhauser
1957 Cleveland Orchestra first tour of Europe
1958-61 Co-conductor, Amsterdam Concertgebouw
1957-58 Vienna Opera
1958, 60 La Scala
1965 Eleven-week Cleveland Orchestra tour of Soviet Union and Europe
1967 Cleveland Orchestra tour of Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Lucerne festivals
1969-70 Senior advisor, New York Philharmonic
1970 Cleveland Orchestra tour to west coast, Korea, Alaska, and Japan during Expo ’70
July 30, 1970 Dies in Cleveland