Max meth
Max Meth (* 1901 in Austria ; † January 3, 1984 in Wyckoff , New Jersey ) was an Austrian-American conductor and music director . He has directed over 25 shows on Broadway including Pal Joey and The Golden Rainbow .
Life
Max Meth came to the United States from Austria as a child and was a self-taught musician . At the age of 17 he got his first job on Broadway as a violinist , his first conducting work on Broadway was Artists and Models in the mid-1920s. Meth was also music director for Ziegfeld Follies , Revenge With Music , Roberta , The Band Wagon , Blondes Preferred, and Judy Garland at the Palace . He conducted until the 1960s, for example The Unsinkable Molly Brown . He also directed his own orchestra , the Meth Symphonette .
He won the Tony Award for Best Conductor twice (1949 and 1952) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Meth, Musical Director Of Over 25 Broadway Shows. In: nytimes.com. January 12, 1984, accessed February 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Max Meth. In: ibdb.com. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
- ^ The Tony Awards 1949. In: infoplease.com. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
- ^ The Tony Awards 1952. In: infoplease.com. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meth, max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American conductor and music director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd January 1984 |
| Place of death | Wyckoff , New Jersey, United States |