Edmund von Strauss
Edmund von Strauss (born August 12, 1869 in Olomouc ; † September 13, 1919 in Berlin ) was an Austrian composer and conductor .
He received his education at the University of Vienna and the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Strauss was theater conductor at the Deutsches Theater in Prague , Lübeck and Bremen . Around 1902 he lived as a composer in Munich. From 1903 to 1918 he was the royal conductor at the Court Opera in Berlin . In 1910 he took over the direction of the Blüthner Orchestra , founded in 1907 and a forerunner of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin , for a few years .
Under his leadership, the Blüthner Orchestra recorded numerous tracks on records, for example the first act from Richard Wagner's Walküre for the Anker label in 1913 with Erna Denera (Sieglinde), Jacques Decker (Siegmund) and Gustav Schwegler (Hunding). He wrote songs and duets; best known are probably his 6 children's songs, op. 9 (1907).
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Edmund v. Strauss, a sensitive and well-established man, although understandably overshadowed by the great namesake and colleague Richard at the same institute ... ( Eckart von Naso in: Heinrich Schlusnus . Hamburg: Krüger 1957.)
Honors
- Red Eagle Order IV class
- Knight's Cross of the Danebrog Order
- Officer's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania
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| SURNAME | Strauss, Edmund von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olomouc |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1919 |
| Place of death | Berlin |