Fritz Busch

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Fritz Busch (13 March 1890 - 14 September 1951) was a German conductor.

Busch was born in Siegen, Province of Westphalia. He held posts conducting opera at Aachen, Stuttgart and Dresden. In 1933 he was dismissed from his post at Dresden because of his opposition to the new Nazi government of Germany. He went on to work in South America and Scandinavia before becoming the music director of the Glyndebourne summer festival in England. He remained at Glyndebourne until the outbreak of World War II. After this he focused on work in South America and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Busch was the brother of the distinguished violinist Adolf Busch and of the cellist Hermann Busch. He died in London in 1951.

[edit] Notable recordings

• 1934–1935: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Così fan tutte (abridged), with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, feat. soloists Heddle Nash, John Brownlee, et al. (EMI Références, Naxos Historical)
• 1935: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, feat. soloists Roy Henderson, Norman Allin, et al. (Naxos Historical)
• 1936: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni, with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, feat. soloists John Brownlee, Roy Henderson, et al. (Naxos Historical)

Source: Grove Music Online

[edit] External links

• Fritz Busch at Allmusic
• Fritz Busch - Profile at The Remington Site

Preceded by none	Musical Directors, Glyndebourne Opera Festival 1934-1951	Succeeded by Vittorio Gui
Preceded by Václav Talich	Principal Conductors, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 1937-1940	Succeeded by Carl Garaguly
Preceded by Nikolai Malko	Principal Conductors, Danish National Symphony Orchestra 1937-1951	Succeeded by Mogens Andersen

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