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Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899 – September 10, 1975), was an Austrian conductor and professor of conducting at the Vienna Music Academy. This school produced many of the most accomplished conductors of the past century. His teachers in musical theory included Schoenberg and Webern. He studied the art of conducting under Weingartner and Richard Strauss.[1] Swarowsky's lectures and essays were collected into the publication Wahrung der Gestalt (Keeping Shape), which today serves as an encyclopaedia for performance and conducting.[2]
Herbert von Karajan invited him to take on the permanent position as conductor of the Vienna state opera[3]
Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Salzburg, Austria at age 74. His many conducting students at the Vienna Academy of Music include Claudio Abbado, Iván Fischer, Zubin Mehta and Giuseppe Sinopoli.
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- ^ Jiří Vysloužil, Liner notes, Mahler Symphony No 4 Released by Supraphon 1988
- ^ Swarowsky, Hans; Huss, Manfred (1979). Wahrung der Gestalt: Schriften über Werk u. Wiedergabe, Stil u. Interpretation in d. Musik. Vienna: Universal Edition. ISBN 3702401385.
- ^ Jiří Vysloužil, Liner notes, Mahler Symphony No 4 Released by Supraphon 1988
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