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Bülow, Hans Guido, Baron von 1830-94
German pianist and conductor

Born in Dresden, he studied law and joined radical social groups in Berlin, making the acquaintance of Richard Wagner in Zurich. He took piano lessons from Franz Liszt in Weimar, and married his daughter Cosima (1857). An impressive conductor, he was appointed court pianist and director of the music school in Munich in 1864. He resigned when Cosima left him for Wagner (1869), and undertook extensive conducting tours in England and the USA.