Fritz Mahler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fritz Mahler

Austrian conductor

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1901

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1973

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: United States, Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Fritz Mahler

  • Fritz Mahler (July 16, 1901, Vienna, Austria – June 18, 1973, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was an Austrian conductor. Mahler's father was a cousin of the composer Gustav Mahler.
  • In Europe he became a leading conductor with such ensembles as the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Dresden Philharmonic and the Danish State Symphony.
  • He fled Europe in 1936 for the United States.
  • He was married, from 1939 until his death, to dancer Pauline Koner (b.
  • 1912) and taught at summer sessions of the Juilliard School in New York for many years (advanced conducting, director of the opera department).
  • In 1940-41, he was the city's director of music for the National Youth Administration as well.
  • Mahler was music director of the Erie Philharmonic from 1947 to 1953 and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra from 1953 to 1962.
  • Koner's memoir "Solitary Song" (Duke University Press, 1989) provides much information about his career available nowhere else.

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