Frieder Weissmann (23 January 1893 – 4 January 1984) was a German conductor and composer.

Life and career

Weissmann was born in

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. His civil name was Samuel, which he kept - in the form ''Semy'' or ''Semmy'' - until 1916. After that, he preferred the first name ''Friedrich'' or ''Frieder'' in combination with ''Samuel'', which was soon shortened to ''S.'' before disappearing altogether. In the 1920s, ''Peter'' was added as a third first name. Other surviving stage names are ''Ping-Pong'' and Marco Ibanez. Weissmann grew up in Frankfurt, where his father Ignatz Isidor Weissmann (1863-1939) was

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of the Hauptsynagoge from 1894 to 1937. After graduating from the Goethe Grammar School, he studied law in Heidelberg for one semester in 1911, then philosophy, art history and music history at the Munich University until 1914. In Heidelberg, he received composition lessons from

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, in Munich from

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. At the outbreak of the First World War, he took the first step towards a conducting career and became

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under Ludwig Rottenberg at the

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(1914/16). In 1916/17, he was engaged as second ''

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 ha ...

'' at the Stadttheater

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. From 1917 to 1921, he worked as a freelance concert ''kapellmeister'' and répétiteur in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. In all three cities he also appeared as a composer. In 1920, he was awarded a doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy at Munich University with a dissertation on the composer

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(1770-1839). This was followed in 1921 by an engagement as répétiteur and conductor at the

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, where he worked under

Max von Schillings Max von Schillings (April 19, 1868 – July 24, 1933 in Berlin) was a German conductor, composer and theatre director. He was chief conductor at the Berlin State Opera from 1919 to 1925. Schillings' opera ''Mona Lisa'' (1915) was internationally ...

and

Erich Kleiber Erich Kleiber (5 August 1890 – 27 January 1956) was an Austrian, later Argentine, conductor, known for his interpretations of the classics and as an advocate of new music. Kleiber was born in Vienna, and after studying at the Prague Conservato ...

until 1924. At the same time, Weissmann started a years-long close collaboration with the Berlin record company Carl Lindström AG, for whose Parlophon and

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brands he musically directed some 2,000 recordings until 1933. In 1924, he moved to the opera house of

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as first ''Kapellmeister'' (1924/25), then in the same capacity to the opera house in

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(1926/27). From 1926 to 1932, he was permanent guest conductor of the

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. From 1930 onwards, there was increased collaboration with radio orchestras in Stuttgart and Hamburg. In 1931, alongside

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, he became conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the former Blüthner Orchestra, which had merged with the

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in autumn 1932. With the Berlin Philharmonic he was only able to conduct four concerts and record one disc (Overture to Wagner's opera ''

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'') until January 1933. In 1929, he married his long-time fiancée, the German soprano Meta Seinemeyer, who, seriously ill with leukaemia, died a few hours after the wedding ceremony. Weissmann had accompanied the singer on all her Parlophon recordings and numerous concerts in Dresden and Berlin. As an artist of Jewish descent, Weissmann also saw his existence directly threatened by the Nazi

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in 1933. He left Germany in June 1933 for the Netherlands, where he performed with the

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Amsterdam and the

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orchestra. This was followed by six-month stays - alternating with the Netherlands - in Argentina from 1934 to 1937, where he gave concerts in

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Radio Splendid and at the

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. It was also in Buenos Aires that Weissmann, who had acquired Argentinian citizenship in 1935, married his second wife Rosita Chevallier-Boutell in 1937. After making his U.S. debut in late 1937 with the

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, he moved his primary residence to New York in 1938, where he caused a stir in the summer of 1939 with a series of open-air concerts with the

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at the Lewisohn Stadium. He now recorded first with

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(among others

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), and from 1945 with

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- an association that lasted until around 1950. From 1939 to 1947, Weissmann, who became an American citizen in 1944, conducted the

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and from 1942 to 1958, the Philharmonic Orchestra of

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. As successor to

Artur Rodziński Artur Rodziński (2 January 1892 – 27 November 1958) was a Polish-American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assista ...

, he took over the direction of the Orquesta Filarmónica de La Habana in Havana, Cuba, from 1950 to 1953. In parallel to his permanent engagements, Weissmann was very active as a guest conductor in the US, Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver), Mexico and the Netherlands from 1945 onwards. After 1954, he concentrated on Europe and was celebrated there, especially in Italy, e.g. for a cycle of

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's symphonies, which he began as early as the late 1950s and concluded in March 1974 in Florence with a performance of Mahler's Second Symphony. Weissmann was a central figure in the German recording industry between 1921 and 1933. He was Lindström's trusted ''house conductor''. He usually conducted the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, the

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, or an ''ad hoc'' orchestra consisting of members of this orchestra. Weissmann not only collaborated on numerous vocal and operatic recordings with the leading vocal soloists of the 1920s such as

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and

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, but also conducted many recordings of purely orchestral music of both serious and light-hearted character. His repertoire was extremely broad and included operetta and light classical music as well as the major works of symphonic literature. Under his direction, numerous first recordings were made, e.g. the first complete recording of all

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's symphonies in 1924/25. Outstanding are his electric recordings of Respighi's ''

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'' and

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's ''

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''. He accompanied the cellist

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's ''

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'' and the pianists

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and Karol Szreter on their recordings of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. Weissmann's American recordings include opera recordings with numerous stars of the

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such as

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Licia Albanese Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 ...

Helen Traubel Helen Francesca Traubel (June 16, 1899July 28, 1972) was an American opera and concert singer. A dramatic soprano, she was best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially those of Brünnhilde and Isolde. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, s ...

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and

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, as well as a concerto for viola by

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, which had originally been attributed to

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, with

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and what was probably the first recording of Max Bruch's ''

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'', Op. 46 with violinist

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as soloist. Weissmann died on 4 January 1984 in Amsterdam at the age of 90 and was buried two days later at Zorgvlied Cemetery alongside Dutch painter

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, the husband of Weissmann's friend Sylvia Willink, who had died a few months earlier. WillinkWiki3

Recording

DISMARC.org lists 657 entries on Weissmann. * Akustische (Trichter-)Aufnahmen auf Parlophon in Berlin, Dirigent: Frieder Weissmann. ** P.1265 (mx. 5593, 5594) Franz Schubert, Symphony in B minor, "Unfinished", 1. Allegro moderato ** P.1266 (mx. 5595, 5590) 1. (Schluß), 2.Satz Andante con moto ** P.1267 (mx. 5591, 5592) 2. Andante con moto (Fortsetzung und Schluß) ** P.1420 (mx. 5698, 5699) Franz Liszt, ''Les Préludes'', symphonische Dichtung I und II ** P.1421 (mx. 5700, 5701) Franz Liszt, ''Les Préludes'', symphonische Dichtung III und IV ** P.1422 (mx. 5702) Franz Liszt, ''Les Préludes'', symphonische Dichtung V ''Die Rückseite mx. 6133 enthält eine Aufnahme von GMD Eduard Mörike.'' on Parlophon / Beka tc.Hauptverzeichnis 1925/26, . * Electric recordings on Parlophon in Berlin, conductor: Frieder Weissmann. a) Ouvertures: ** P.9049 (mx. 20 086/087 W) ''Don Juan'' (Mozart), Ouverture ** P.9050 (mx. 20 088/089 W) ''Alessandro Stradella'' (v. Flotow), Ouverture ** P.9051 (mx. 20 098/099 W) ''Mignon'' (Thomas), Ouverture ** P.9074 (mx. 20 100/101 W) ''Martha'' (v. Flotow), Ouverture ** P.9088 (mx. 20 150/151 W) ''Das Nachtlager vor Granada'' (K. Kreutzer), Ouverture ** P.9089 (mx. 29 171/172 W) ''Die weiße Dame'' (Boeldieu), Ouverture ** P.9103 (mx. 20 173/174 W) ''Die Italienerin in Algier'' (Rossini), Ouverture b) Symphonic music: ** P.9072 (mx. 20 146/147 W) ''Wellingtons Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria'' (L. van Beethoven, op. 91) 1.part (2 Plattenseiten) ** P.9073 (mx. 20 148/149 W) dto., 2. part (2 Plattenseiten) ** Symphonie c-dur (Jenaer Symphonie), also ''eine unbekannte Jugendsymphonie Beethovens'' entitles - after old parts of the ''Academic Concert'' in Jena arranged for performance and edited by Fritz Stein. ** P.9119 (mx. 20 175 W) 1. Satz, 1. part Adagio - Allegro vivace / (mx. 20 176 W) 1.Satz, 2 Teil Allegro vivace ** P.9120 (mx. 20 177/178 W) 3.Satz Adagio cantabile ** P.9188 (mx. 20 536/537 W) 3.Satz Menuetto - Maestoso und Finale (Allegro) ** P.9206 (mx. 20 599 W) ''

Cavalleria Rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play b ...

'' (Mascagni) Intermezzo sinfonico ** P.9214 (mx. 20 365 W) ''Sommernachtstraum'' (Mendelssohn) Wedding March / (mx. 20 366 W) ''Sommernachtstraum'' (Mendelssohn) Scherzo ** P.9230 (mx. 20 650/651 W) Ungarische Rhapsodie No.2 (Liszt) ** P.9231 (mx. 652/653 W) ''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died ...

'' (Offenbach) Interlude and Minuet on Parlophon / Beka Electric Hauptverzeichnis 1928/29, . c) Operas: * Odéon O-6571 (xxB 7911, xxB 7912) ''

Das Wunder der Heliane ''Das Wunder der Heliane'' (German for ''The Miracle of Heliane''), Op. 20 is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold with a libretto by Hans Müller-Einigen, after . It was first performed at the Hamburg State Opera on 7 October 1927. A ...

'' (Korngold), Zwischenspiel zum 3. act, I and II. Frieder Weissmann mit großem Symphonie-Orchester. Berlin, im December 1927. * Odéon O-8613 (xxB.8559) ''Die tote Stadt'' (Korngold) - Duett ''Ich werde sie nicht wiederseh'n'': Lotte Lehmann, soprano, Richard Tauber, tenor. Großes Opernorchester, Leitung: Frieder Weissman
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* Odéon O-8613 (xxB.8558) ''Die tote Stadt'' (Korngold) - Duett ''Glück, das mir verblieb'': Lotte Lehmann, soprano, Richard Tauber, tenor. Großes Opernorchester, direction: Frieder Weissman
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* ''Elektrische 'Nachaufnahme' by xxB 6993 and xxB 6995 (1924) unter gleicher Bestell-Nr. O-8613. Die akustische Aufnahme von 1924 dirigierte GMD George Széll.'' d) Operetta and light music: * Odeon O-2877 a (Be 8152) ''In einer kleinen Konditorei''. Lied und Tango (Music: Fred Raymond. Text: Ernst Neubach). Karl Pistorius with orchestral accompaniment, direction: Weissmann * Odeon O-11 642 a (Be 9868) ''Was kann so schön sein''. Lied a.d. Tonfilm '' Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz'' (Miklós Brodzký). Gitta Alpár mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, direction: Weissmann * Odeon O-4502 b (Be 9710³) ''Grüß' mir mein Wien''. Lied aus der Operette ''Gräfin Mariza''. Richard Tauber with Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, direction: Weissmann. 14 January 1932 recording. * Odeon O-4968 a (Be 8942) ''Rot ist dein Mund, der mich verlacht''. Lied und Tango a.d. Tonfilm ''Das lockende Ziel'' (R. Tauber) * Odeon O-4968 b (Be 8943-II) ''Es war einmal ein Frühlingstraum''. Lied a.d. Tonfilm ''Das lockende Ziel'' (R. Tauber). Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber, tenor, with Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, direction: Weissmann. * Odeon O-4972 a (Be 8966) ''Blume aus dem Wolgatal''. Lied (Meyer Guzman, German text by Rotter und Robinson) * Odeon O-4972 b (Be 8967) ''Märchen von Tahiti'' (''

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''). Song from the

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-Tonfilm ''The Pagan'' (

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, German text by Pseudo). Chamber singer C. Richard Tauber, tenor, with orchestral accompaniment and Hawaiian Guitar (member of the Staatskapelle Berlin), conductor: Weissmann. * Odeon O-4994 a (Be 9570) ''Will dir die Welt zu Füßen legen, du''. Lied a.d. Optte ''Blume von Hawaii'' (Paul Abrahám) * Odeon O-4994 b (Be 9571) ''Kann nicht küssen ohne Liebe''. Lied a.d. Optte ''Blume von Hawaii'' (Paul Abrahám). Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber, Tenor, mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Weissmann. * Odeon A 161.103 (Be 8851) ''Sprich nicht von ewiger Liebe''. Lied und Tango a.d. Optte ''Reklame'' (Bruno Granichstaedten) * Odeon A 161.104 (Be 8852) ''Nicht nur im Prater blüh'n wieder die Bäume''. Lied (Ernst Steffan). Kammersängerin Vera Schwarz mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung: Weissmann. * Odeon O-11 652 a (Be 9606) ''Zwei Augen, so betörend wie deine''. Lied a.d. Singspiel ''Die Toni von Wien'' (Ernst Steffan, text von Steffan und Knepler). Kammersängerin Vera Schwarz mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Weissmann. * Odeon O-4503 (Be 9780-II) ''Wenn wir uns später wiedersehen''. Lied (Harry Ralton) Richard Tauber mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Frieder Weissmann. Aufgenommen am 9. Februar 1932 – knapp einen Monat danach verließ Tauber Deutschland.

Reissues

* CD series ''Conductors of the past'': Disco Archivia 1001: MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO DR. FRIEDER WEISSMAN
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nennt auf ihrer Meta Seinemeyer-''home page'' weitere Wiederveröffentlichungen auf LP und CD. * Johann Sebastian Bach: Cembalokonzert Nr. 7 g-moll BWV 1058 / Anna Linde (Cembalo) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin am 8. Oktober 1928 be
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Lt Rainer Bunz „Der vergessene Maestro – Frieder Weissmann“ (2016), S. 139 „die erste Schallplattenaufnahme eines Konzerts …, bei der ein Cembalo als Soloinstrument eingesetzt wurde.“ * Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-Dur op. 68 "Pastorale" / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 21. und 24. November 1924 be
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* Ludwig van Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 4 G-Dur op. 58 / Karol Szreter (piano) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 4. November 1926 bei YouTube 1and 2 Erste elektrische Schallplattenaufnahme des Konzerts. * Ludwig van Beethoven: Wellingtons Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria op. 91 / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin am 23. Februar 1927 be
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* Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in g-moll op. 6 Nr. 8 "Weihnachtskonzert" / Johannes Lasowski, Hans Reinicke (violins), Armin Liebermann (Viola) / Mitglieder des Orchesters der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 29. November 1928 be
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* Franz Liszt: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 A-Dur / Josef Pembaur (piano) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 28. November 1927 be
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* Franz Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr. 2 cis-moll / Karol Szreter (Klavier) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin im Oktober 1928 be
(youtube.com)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinkonzert Nr. 5 A-Dur KV 219 / Joseph Wolfsthal (Violine) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 19. September 1928, be
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und auf CD Pristine Classical PASC 239. * Camille Saint-Saëns: Dance macabre op. 40 / Karol Szreter (Klavier) / mit Grand Symphony Orchestra / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin im Oktober 1929 be
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* Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung - Tondichtung für großes Orchester op. 24 / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin am 1. und 6. November 1929 be
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* Friedrich Witt (Beethoven zugeschrieben): Sinfonie in C-Dur „Jenaer" / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin am 18. März und 21. Dezember 1927 be
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* ''Madame Butterfly'' (Puccini), Act 1 Entrance of Butterfly. Meta Seinemeyer, Soprano with Chorus and Orchestra of the State Opera House. Conductor: Weissmann. British Parlophone E.10 805 (mx. 2-20 848), aufgenommen im Juni 1928. be
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* ''In einer kleinen Konditorei''. Lied und Tango (Music: Fred Raymond. Text: Ernst Neubach) Karl Pistorius mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung: Weissmann. Odeon O-2877 a (Be 8152) be
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* ''Was kann so schön sein''. Lied a.d. Tonfilm ''Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz'' (Miklós Brodzký) Gitta Alpár mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Weissmann. Odeon O-11 642 a (Be 9868) be
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* Wenn wir uns später wiedersehen. Lied (Harry Ralton) Richard Tauber mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Frieder Weissmann. Odeon O-4503 (Be 9780-II) Berlin, im Februar 1932, be
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Radio concert recordings

* Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Lucretia West (Mezzo-soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 8.1.1960 be
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* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 d-moll KV 466 / Pieralberto Biondi (piano) / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme vom 6.6.1961 be
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* Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia c-Moll BWV 582 in der Orchesterfassung von Ottorino Respighi / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 be
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* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinkonzert Nr. 1 B-Dur KV 207 / Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 be
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und auf CD Andromeda ANDRCD 9116 * Ernest Chausson: Poème op. 25 / Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 be
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und auf CD Andromeda ANDRCD 9116 * Maurice Ravel: Tzigane Konzertrhapsodie/ Arthur Grumiaux (Violine) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 auf CD Andromeda ANDRCD 9116 * Camille Saint-Saëns: Sinfonie Nr. 3 op. 78 / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 be
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* Richard Strauss: Schlusstanz aus "Schlagobers" op. 70 / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 21.12.1963 be
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* Gustav Mahler: Adagietto aus Sinfonie Nr. 5 / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 be
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* Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll WWV 103 / Sebastiano Panebianco (Horn) / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 be
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* Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste op. 44 / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Dirigent: Frieder Weissmann / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 be
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* Jacques Ibert: Divertissement für Kammerorchester / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Dirigent: Frieder Weissmann / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 be
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Illustrations

* Frieder Weissmann mit Richard Taube
(richard-tauber.de)
* Frieder Weissmann im Alte
(musicinthemail.com)
* Frieder Weissmann und Meta Seinemeyer in Bad Kissingen 1929, das letzte gemeinsame Phot
(seinemeyer.com)
* Plattenetikett Parlophon P.9334 ''Coppélia
(sterkrader-radio-museum.de)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weissmann, Frieder German conductors (music) 20th-century classical composers German male opera composers German operetta composers 20th-century German composers 1893 births 1984 deaths People from Hesse 20th-century German male musicians