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... Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando. He was born and educated in Vienna, studying in the conducting masterclass (Kapellmeisterstudium) at the Academy for Music and Performing Art under Oswald Kabasta 1932‒34 (his matriculation record survives). An ...
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... Commercial Director of Universal Edition in Vienna since 1910. At the death of Emil Hertzka in 1932, he became joint director of the company with Hans Heinsheimer and Alfred Kalmus, becoming its Managing Director in 1937, and at the same time ...
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... German-Austrian musicologist, specialist in medieval polyphony. Career Summary Ficker studied musicology with Guido Adler (1855–1941) in Vienna, and composition with Ludwig Thuille (1861–1907) and Walter Courvoisier in Munich. He earned his ...
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... Austro-Hungarian conductor and violinist. Career Summary After private tuition Nikisch studied violin with Josef Hellmesberger and composition with Dessoff (1866–) at the Vienna Conservatory. In 1874 he joined the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as a ...
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... conductor at the Munich Opera in 1868 and chief conductor at the National Theater in Pest 1871‒75. In 1875 he became conductor of the Court Opera in Vienna. He was also conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic 1875‒98, and conductor to the Gesellschaft der ...
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... Austrian, later American, clarinettist, who contributed an article to Der Dreiklang. Career Summary Erich Simon, while pursuing a doctorate in law and economics, studied clarinet, piano, and music theory in Vienna. He later became a clarinettist in ...
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... Pupil of Schenker's for an undetermined period ending in summer 1907. Career summary Regine Klein began her career as a soprano soloist at the Carl Theater and Comic Opera (Ringtheater) in Vienna 1875–82, but then redirected her career to focus on ...
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... Austrian mezzo-soprano. Margarete Bum (née Pollak), whose husband was Dr. Rudolf Pollak, dentist, and whose home address was Vienna I, Wipplingerstraße 6, was a mezzo-soprano singing Lieder and oratorio in Vienna in the 1900s and 1910s. She is ...
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... American musicologist and music theorist. Career Summary Mitchell studied at the Institute for Musical Art (1925‒29) and at Columbia University (1926‒30), winning the Joseph H. Bearns Prize in composition. After two years in Vienna (1930‒32), he ...
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... tea, but in 1891 founded the Wiener Brot- u. Gebäck-Fabrik (Vienna bread and baked goods factory) with the brand name Ankerbrot (Anchor Bread), having numerous branches throughout Vienna. She married Heinrich Deutsch (1850–99), a dealer in silk, velvet ...