Egon Neumann

	Egon Neumann Egon Neumann (21 July 1894 – 1948) was an Austrian composer and ''Kapellmeister''. Life Born in Mödling, Austria-Hungary, Neumann, whose father was a lawyer, studied musicology at the University of Vienna with Guido Adler from 1913. (Dr. phil. 1919), then worked as a bandmaster at the Moravian Ostrava in 1920, at the Neues Operettenhaus Berlin in 1921, at the Central Theater Berlin in 1922, and was an entertainers' composer.Egon Neumann on AllMusic From 1920 to 1928, at the Bürgertheater as Kapellmeister, where he conducted the premiere of his operetta ''Donauweibchen''. He later lived in Berlin, 1932–1934 again in Vienna, then in Paris. On New Year's Eve 1939/1940 he took part in the revue ''Meslay lacht wieder'' organised by Karl Farkas. He fled to Mexico via France in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerably in its meaning and is today used for denoting the leader of a musical ensemble, often smaller ones used for TV, radio, and theatres. Historical usage In German-speaking countries during the approximate period 1500–1800, the word often designated the director of music for a monarch or nobleman. For English speakers, it is this sense of the term that is most often encountered, since it appears frequently in biographical writing about composers who worked in German-speaking countries. During that period, in Italy, the position (Italian: ''maestro di capella'') largely referred to directors of music assigned to cathedrals and sacred institutions rather than those under royal or aristocratic patronage. A Kapellmeister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Austrians Abroad Austrians Abroad (german: Auslandsösterreicher) are Austrian citizens, migrants and expatriates alike, who reside outside the Republic of Austria. The interests of these approximately 500,000 Austrians living abroad, in Germany (243,000), Switzerland (50,000), USA (30,000), UK (22,000), South Africa (18,000), Australia and Spain (15,000 each) are represented by the ''World Federation of Austrians Abroad'' (german: Auslandsösterreicher-Weltbund), a NGO with headquarters in Vienna, Austria. It is also the umbrella organisation for more than 170 Austrian clubs worldwide, publisher of the quarterly magazine ''ROTWEISSROT'' (named after the colours of the Austrian flag), and runs the online community ''austrians.org'' (founded in 2004 by Gerald Ganglbauer).Website of World Federation of Austrians Abroad''Auslandsösterreicher-Weltbund'' Retrieved 5 July 2013. Communities * Austrian Americans * Austrian Argentines * Austrian Australians * Austrian Brazilians * Austrian Canadians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1948 Deaths Events January * January 1 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the '' Rose Bowl Game''). The first Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * January 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1894 Births Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Jewish Emigrants From Nazi Germany Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, "Historically, the religious and ethnic dimensions of Jewish identity have been closely interwoven. In fact, so closely bound are they, that the traditional Jewish lexicon hardly distinguishes between the two concepts. Jewish religious practice, by definition, was observed exclusively by the Jewish people, and notions of Jewish peoplehood, nation, and community were suffused with faith in the Jewish God, the practice of Jewish (religious) l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	University Of Vienna Alumni A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: Being a high degree-awarding institute. Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Austrian Choral Conductors Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: Austria-Hungary Austrian Airlines (AUA) Austrian cuisine Austrian Empire Austrian monarchy Austrian German (language/dialects) Austrian literature Austrian nationality law Austrian Service Abroad Music of Austria ** Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia European Australians Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Au ... * L'Autrichienne (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''''Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was officially launched on 19 May 2002 with a concert in the main broadcasting hall of Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) in Vienna.Feichtinger, Johannes and Uhl, Heidemarie (2016)''Habsburg neu denken: Vielfalt und Ambivalenz in Zentraleuropa'' p. 11. Böhlau Verlag. s.n. (19 May 2002)"Österreichisches Musiklexikon als Buch und im Web" ''Wiener Zeitung''. Retrieved 22 March 2019 . Contents The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'' consists of five volumes with almost 2800 pages and 7474 keywords on all current and historical topics of Austrian music and musical life. In addition to biographies of composers, librettists, conductors, instrumentalists, singers, dancers, choreographers, theatre directors, instrument makers, music publishers, musicologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marcel Rubin Marcel Rubin (7 July 1905 – 12 May 1995) was an Austrian composer. Born in Vienna, where he studied with Richard Robert and Franz Schmidt, he later emigrated to Paris, where he pursued further studies with Darius Milhaud. After living in Mexico City for a while, he returned to Vienna after the end of World War II. Among the works he composed there are ten symphonies and the opera ''Kleider machen Leute'' (1969). Honours and awards * 1959: State Prize for Music * 1961 and 1965: Award from the Theodor-Körner Foundation * 1964: Title of Professor * 1969: City of Vienna Prize for Music * 1970: Grand Austrian State Prize for Music * 1974: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class * 1979: Honorary Member of the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music * 1980: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art * 1985: Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (), also known as the Wiener Musikverein (German for 'Viennese Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]