Josef Stransky

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Josef Stránský (1911)

Josef Stránský (born September 9, 1872 in Humpolec , † March 6, 1936 in New York ) was a Bohemian conductor , composer and art collector.

Life

Stransky spent his childhood in Prague , where he began studying medicine, which he continued in Leipzig . Here he became the theoretical student of Salomon Jadassohn . He went to Vienna and studied with Robert Fuchs . In 1896 he returned to Prague and took the state medical exams. Then he finally devoted himself to music. In 1898 Angelo Neumann engaged him as Kapellmeister at the German Theater in Prague . In 1903, Stransky moved to the Stadt-Theater Hamburg in this role . In 1909 he led the Blüthner Orchestra , for which he gave up his position in Hamburg in 1910. From 1911 to 1923 he was conductor of the New York Philharmonic , succeeding Gustav Mahler . He has been made an honorary member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Brotherhood. From 1923 to 1925 he conducted the New York State Symphony Orchestra , after which he gave up his musical activity.

Now he turned to the art trade and became a partner in the Gimpel & Wildenstein gallery . Since his youth he has collected important paintings by old masters as well as impressionism .

Works

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  • Hugo Riemanns Musiklexikon, Berlin 1929
  • Sadie, Stanley. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Macmillan, London 1980.