Wilhelm Franz Reuss
Wilhelm Franz Reuss (born March 17, 1886 in Dresden , † April 1945 in Königsberg ) was a German conductor and composer .
Life
Born as the son of Franz Liszt's pupil Eduard Reuss (1851–1911) and the singer Luise Reuss-Belce (1862–1945), Wilhelm Franz Reuss studied with Felix Draeseke , Max von Schillings and Felix Mottl, among others . Through several German theaters he came to the Königsberg City Theater in 1918 as 1st Kapellmeister , which was reopened as an opera house at the end of August 1918. Reuss was particularly connected to the work of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss . During the Weimar Republic he was in Berlin from 1923 to 1927 and also conducted the Berlin Philharmonic . In 1927 he became Staatskapellmeister in Kassel . Back in Königsberg since 1932, he also directed the Königsberg Symphony Concerts in addition to the opera . In 1934 he performed La fanciulla del West at the Deutsche Oper Berlin . Arrested after the Soviet conquest of Königsberg , he was killed after several interrogations .
literature
- Music in the past and present: Königsberg. Music in past and present, p. 42643 (cf. MGG vol. 7, p. 1379) Bärenreiter-Verlag 1986
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Franz Reuss in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Oper Berlin
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reuss, Wilhelm Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1945 |
| Place of death | Königsberg (Prussia) |