Ferdinand Grossmann (4 July 1887 – 5 December 1970) was an Austrian choral conductor, vocal teacher and composer.
He studied music in
Linz
Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846.
In 2009, it was a European Capital ...
. Some years later in Vienna he attended a class of conducting given by
Felix Weingartner
Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.
Life and career
Weingartner was born in Zara, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (now Zadar, Croatia), to Austrian parents. ...
.
In 1923 he established the
Wiener Volkskonservatorium. He later became the artistic director of the
Wiener Sängerknaben
The Vienna Boys' Choir (german: Wiener Sängerknaben) is a choir of boy sopranos and altos based in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the best known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countr ...
, and led the choir to gain international reputation.
External links
Ferdinand Grossmann biographyon Bach cantatas
Ferdinand Grossmann biography
1887 births
1970 deaths
Male conductors (music)
20th-century Austrian conductors (music)
20th-century Austrian male musicians
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