Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899September 10, 1975,) was an

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n conductor of Hungarian birth. Swarowsky was born in

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. He studied the art of conducting under

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and Richard Strauss. Jiří Vysloužil, Liner notes, ''Mahler Symphony No 4'' Released by

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, 1988 His teachers in musical theory included Arnold Schoenberg and

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invited him to take on the permanent position as conductor of the

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. He became a

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of conducting at the

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. His many conducting students included

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, Alexander Alexeev,

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, Leonid Nikolaev,

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, Ádám and

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, Avi Ostrowsky

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, Gustav Meier,

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, Aleksandr Alekseyev,

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, Brian Jackson,

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and

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. Otmar Suitner was Hans Swarowsky's successor at the Vienna Music Academy. 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. From 1957 to 1959 he was chief conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (now the Royal Scottish N.O.). He died in

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, less than a week before his 76th birthday.

Selected recordings

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* Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto n°2 and Piano concerto n°5, Orazio Frugoni (piano), Pro Musica Ochestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8410 (rec.1954) * Felix Mendelssohn:

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(violin), Pro Musica Ochestra Vienna. LP Vox PL-8840 (rec.1954)

References

External links

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Hans Swarowsky
at the Bach Cantatas Website *
Essay by Christopher Howell on Hans Swarowsky's life and recordings
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