Hermann Scherchen

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Hermann Scherchen was a pioneering 20th-century German conductor renowned for his advocacy of contemporary music and innovative approaches to orchestral performance and recording.

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instanceOf conductor
human
music educator
activityEnd 1966
activityStart early 20th century
countryOfBirth German Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Germany
countryOfDeath Italy NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1891-06-21
dateOfDeath 1966-06-12
employer BBC Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk NERFINISHED
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande NERFINISHED
Radio Beromünster NERFINISHED
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra NERFINISHED
Vienna Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED
Winterthur City Orchestra NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Scherchen NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork music pedagogy
orchestral conducting
recording technology
genre classical music
contemporary classical music
modernist music
givenName Hermann NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced performance practice of contemporary music
influenced Bruno Maderna NERFINISHED
Luigi Nono NERFINISHED
Pierre Boulez NERFINISHED
modern conducting practice
knownFor performances of works by Alban Berg
performances of works by Anton Webern
performances of works by Arnold Schoenberg
performances of works by Dmitri Shostakovich
performances of works by Gustav Mahler
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
German
Italian
movement 20th-century classical music
name Hermann Scherchen NERFINISHED
notableFor advocacy of contemporary music
innovative approaches to orchestral performance
innovative recording techniques
interpretations of modernist repertoire
notableWork book "Handbuch des Dirigierens"
book "Lehrbuch des Dirigierens"
occupation author
conductor
music teacher
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Florence NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment anti-fascist
residence Berlin NERFINISHED
Florence NERFINISHED
Geneva NERFINISHED
Zurich NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
studentOf Arthur Nikisch NERFINISHED
Felix Weingartner NERFINISHED

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Bruno Maderna studentOf Hermann Scherchen
René Leibowitz studentOf Hermann Scherchen
Luigi Nono studiedUnder Hermann Scherchen
Pithoprakta premiereConductor Hermann Scherchen
Pithoprakta dedicatedTo Hermann Scherchen