Albert Wolff (conductor)
Albert Louis Wolff (born January 19, 1884 in Paris , † February 20, 1970 there ) was a French conductor and composer .
Albert Wolff, the son of Dutch parents, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Xavier Leroux , Paul Vidal and André Gedalge . In 1906 he was awarded the First Prize for accompaniment. He worked at the Paris Opéra-Comique , from 1908 first as a répétiteur , from 1911 as a conductor and from 1922 to 1924 as music director. From 1925 he was second conductor, from 1934 first conductor of the Concerts Pasdeloup . In addition, from 1928 he headed the Association des Concerts Lamoureux. Tours have taken Wolff to various countries in Europe and America, including the Metropolitan Opera and Buenos Aires . From 1945 he conducted again at the Opéra-Comique (again briefly as its director) and from 1949 at the Paris Opera . He premiered numerous compositions by his contemporaries, for example by Darius Milhaud , Albert Roussel , Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc .
As a conductor, Wolff made numerous records for the English label Decca in the early days of stereophony .
Wolff was also active as a composer and created, among other things, several stage works, a symphony in A (1951), a flute concerto, chamber music, vocal works and film scores.
literature
- The music in past and present , digital library volume 60, p. 81589 (cf. MGG vol. 14, p. 818–819), Bärenreiter 1986
- The New Grove, 2nd edition
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert Wolff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical and discographic information (Engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolff, Albert Louis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th February 1970 |
| Place of death | Paris |