Milan Sachs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Milan Sachs

Czech-Croatian opera conductor and composer

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1884

Place of Birth: Lišov, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1968

Profession: composer, conductor, academic musician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Milan Sachs (28 November 1884 – 4 August 1968) was a Czech-Croatian opera conductor and composer, who was long associated with the Zagreb Opera in Croatia, where he conducted some important local premieres, including Wagner's Parsifal, and Janácek's Jenufa (1920). He also conducted the standard symphonic repertoire in the concert hall.
In 1936, in Brno, Czechoslovakia, he conducted the world premiere of Dvorák's Symphony No.
1, The Bells of Zlonice (this was 61 years after it was written and 32 years after the composer's death).