Ferdinand Oscar Leu

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Ferdinand Oscar Leu (born April 8, 1887 in Zurich ; † February 25, 1943 in Baden , Canton Aargau ) was a Swiss pianist , composer , music director , choir director and conductor .

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Ferdinand Leu graduated from the Zurich Conservatory and worked as a pianist at times with Die Elf Scharfrichter and at the “Theater Vallé”. From 1910 Leu was the leader of various choirs, in 1915 he was elected music director to Glarus . As the successor to Carl Vogler, Leu worked in Baden from 1919 as a singing teacher at the district school as well as organist, choir director and conductor. In 1924 he was a member of the jury at the Federal Yodelling Festival in Basel.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Beck: Leu, Ferdinand Oscar. In: Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957. Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau, accessed on August 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Once upon a time in Basel in 1924. Website of the 31st Eidgen. Yodelling festivals.
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SURNAME Leu, Ferdinand Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pianist, composer, music director, choir director and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1943
Place of death Baden , Canton of Aargau