Julius Prüwer

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Julius Prüwer (born February 20, 1874 in Vienna , † July 8, 1943 in New York City ) was an Austrian conductor , pianist and university professor .

Life

Prüwer studied piano with Arthur Friedheim and Moriz Rosenthal at the Vienna Conservatory from 1886 to 1891 and music theory with Robert Fuchs , Franz Krenn and (privately) with Johannes Brahms . He was trained as a conductor by Hans Richter and initially worked at the Bielitz City Theater in 1892/93, at the Esseg City Theater in 1893/94 and at the Cologne Opera in 1894/95 . From 1895 to 1923 he was Kapellmeister at the City Theater in Breslau , from 1913 to 1923 he was also director of the opera there. Among other things, he conducted the German premiere of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunow there and went on a tour to St. Petersburg in 1898 , where he arranged the Russian premiere of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde . In 1902, 1904 and 1906 he assisted Hans Richter at the Bayreuth Festival . In 1909 he published a guide to music Elektra by Richard Strauss .

In 1923/24 Prüwer was general music director at the National Theater Weimar , then from 1924 to 1933 full professor at the University of Music in Berlin . Here he was responsible for the conductor training and led the university orchestra . In 1925 the Berliner Philharmoniker selected him to conduct their popular concerts, and until 1933 he conducted more than 700 evenings. In 1933 he lost his offices due to his Jewish origins. In 1936 he took over the symphony orchestra of the Jewish Cultural Association in Frankfurt am Main and teaches at the Jewish private music school Hollaender in Berlin. In 1939 he emigrated to New York , where he later taught at the College of Music and conducted the New York City Symphony Orchestra.

He was married to the opera singer Fanchette Verhunc .

Audio documents

From 1928 to 1930 Prüwer made numerous recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft . He accompanied well-known singers on vocal recordings as well as the pianist Alexander Brailowsky in piano concertos by Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt and recorded orchestral works by Franz Schubert ( unfinished ), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Johannes Brahms ( academic festival overture ), Johann Strauss (son) and others .

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SURNAME Prüwer, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Priever, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian conductor
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1943
Place of death New York City