Fritz Stiedry was born in Vienna in 1883. While still a law student at the University of Vienna, Stiedry's talent for music was noticed by Gustav Mahler, who appointed him his assistant at the Vienna Court Opera in 1907. This was followed by other assistant posts, leading to chief conductorships at the operas of Kassel and Berlin. In 1932 he conducted the world premiere of Kurt Weill's opera Die Bürgschaft.
Stiedry left Germany when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, and from 1934 to 1937 was principal conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. He was involved in rehearsals for the premiere of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony until the premiere was canceled for reasons, in all probability political, that remain controversial. Some claim that Shostakovich felt Stiedry was unable to deal with the symphony's complexities, but others maintain that the real reason was that Communist Party officials pressured the composer to withdraw the work.[1]
He recorded Haydn's symphonies nos. 67, 80, 99 and 102. His live recording from the Metropolitan Opera of Giuseppe Verdi's La forza del destino (omitting the Act I inn scene, as customary there in the 1950s under Rudolf Bing) has been transferred to CD.
Worksedit
Der gerettete Alkibiades, opera
chamber music
Literatureedit
Holmes, John L. Conductors on record, Victor Gollancz, 1982.
fritz, stiedry, october, 1883, august, 1968, austrian, conductor, composer, circa, 1915, berlin, contents, biography, works, literature, external, links, referencesbiography, edit, born, vienna, 1883, while, still, student, university, vienna, stiedry, talent,. Fritz Stiedry 11 October 1883 8 August 1968 was an Austrian conductor and composer Fritz Stiedry circa 1915 in Berlin Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Literature 4 External links 5 ReferencesBiography editFritz Stiedry was born in Vienna in 1883 While still a law student at the University of Vienna Stiedry s talent for music was noticed by Gustav Mahler who appointed him his assistant at the Vienna Court Opera in 1907 This was followed by other assistant posts leading to chief conductorships at the operas of Kassel and Berlin In 1932 he conducted the world premiere of Kurt Weill s opera Die Burgschaft Stiedry left Germany when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and from 1934 to 1937 was principal conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra He was involved in rehearsals for the premiere of Shostakovich s Fourth Symphony until the premiere was canceled for reasons in all probability political that remain controversial Some claim that Shostakovich felt Stiedry was unable to deal with the symphony s complexities but others maintain that the real reason was that Communist Party officials pressured the composer to withdraw the work 1 In 1937 Stiedry left Leningrad for the United States and the New Friends of Music Orchestra in New York conducting long neglected works by Bach Haydn and Mozart and premiering Schoenberg s Second Chamber Symphony From 1945 onwards he returned to opera conducting the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera of New York and co founding the Hunter College Opera Workshop He died in Zurich Switzerland in 1968 aged 84 He recorded Haydn s symphonies nos 67 80 99 and 102 His live recording from the Metropolitan Opera of Giuseppe Verdi s La forza del destino omitting the Act I inn scene as customary there in the 1950s under Rudolf Bing has been transferred to CD Works editDer gerettete Alkibiades opera chamber musicLiterature editHolmes John L Conductors on record Victor Gollancz 1982 Handbuch osterreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren judischer Herkunft 18 bis 20 Jahrhundert Vol 3 S Z Ed Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien K G Saur 2002 ISBN 3 598 11545 8 p 1328 Sadie Stanley The new Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Macmillan 1980 Lyman Darryl Great Jews in Music J D Publishers 1986 Sadie Stanley Hitchcock H Wiley Ed The New Grove Dictionary of American Music Grove s Dictionaries of Music 1986 Myers Kurtz Index to record reviews 1984 1987 G K Hall 1989 Paris Alain Dictionnaire des interpretes et de l interpretation musicale au XX siecle Robert Laffont 1989 External links editArticle at allmusic com BiographyCultural officesPreceded byAleksandr Gauk Musical Director Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra1934 1937 Succeeded byYevgeny MravinskyReferences edit www sfsymphony org Archived 2008 03 05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fritz Stiedry amp oldid 1055384376, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
