Assertion: orchestra's role | /r/SimilarTo | chief conductorship
Facets:
value: with klemperer
type: OTHER
value: as a figurehead
type: MANNER
value: in practice
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In Klemperer's later years the orchestra appointed Lorin Maazel, nominally as "associate principal conductor", from 1970, although in practice his role was more like a chief conductorship, with Klemperer as a figurehead, albeit one still capable of inspiring magnificent performances on occasion.