Felix Weingartner
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Felix Weingartner was an Austrian conductor and composer renowned for his interpretations of Beethoven and for leading major European orchestras in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Felix Weingartner canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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conductor ⓘ human ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Austrian Decoration for Science and Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-06-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-05-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
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Leipzig Conservatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Basel Symphony Orchestra
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna Court Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Weingartner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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classical music ⓘ opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| givenName | Felix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
20th-century conducting practice
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later Beethoven interpreters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Liszt
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Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement | late Romantic music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of textual fidelity in performance
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clear, classical approach to orchestral balance ⓘ early complete recordings of Beethoven’s symphonies ⓘ interpretations of Beethoven’s symphonies ⓘ pioneering orchestral recordings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Symphony No. 1 in G major
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Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3 in E major NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 4 in F minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 5 in C minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 6 in B minor NERFINISHED ⓘ autobiography "Lebens Erinnerungen" ⓘ book "A Treatise on Orchestration" NERFINISHED ⓘ book "Die Symphonie nach Beethoven" ⓘ book "On the Performance of Beethoven’s Symphonies" NERFINISHED ⓘ book "Ratschläge für Aufführungen der Symphonien Beethovens" NERFINISHED ⓘ chamber music ⓘ choral works ⓘ concertos ⓘ incidental music ⓘ opera "Der Evangelimann" (revision/orchestration work) NERFINISHED ⓘ opera "Genesius" NERFINISHED ⓘ opera "Orestes" NERFINISHED ⓘ orchestral suites ⓘ orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" NERFINISHED ⓘ orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" ⓘ orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein" ⓘ orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata" NERFINISHED ⓘ orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique" NERFINISHED ⓘ piano works ⓘ songs and lieder ⓘ string quartets ⓘ tone poems ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Austrian Empire
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Kingdom of Dalmatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Switzerland
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Winterthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief conductor of the Basel Symphony Orchestra
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music director of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden ⓘ principal conductor of the Vienna Court Opera ⓘ principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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Deutsche Grammophon NERFINISHED ⓘ Polydor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Basel
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Vienna ⓘ Winterthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Carmen Studer
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Lea Lipiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucille Marcel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | classical-romantic conducting style ⓘ |
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