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Furtwangler, Wilhelm

cembalo, chef d'orchestre, conductor, direttore, Dirigent, Klavier, piano, composer, direttore


born: 25 Jan 1886 Berlin, Germany Source: 1  

born: 25 Jan 1886 Munich, Germany Source: 2  

died: 30 Nov 1954 Baden-Baden, Germany Source: 1  

date of Variety obit: 01 Dec 1954  

place active: Montreux, Switzerland  
place active: Vevey, Switzerland  

Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 14 Dec 1917  
Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 06 Feb 1922  

active: 1924-1932 Vaud / canton, Switzerland  

perf: 1941 Bologna, Italy  
perf: 1941 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  

taught at: Die Wiener Musikhochschule: 1952 Vienna, Austria  

The Music Sack has 362 items with information about Wilhelm Furtwangler
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 1996

Cowan, R.
A master of musical intuition
The art of Wilhelm Furtwangler
Gramophone 74:44-7 Dec 1996
       discog port

Number of People : 1


 1996

Feingold, M.
Theater Silver smithing
Village Voice: 41:85 Oct 29 1996
       Note: Taking Sides

Number of People : 1


 1996

[Artist Index]

The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.

Number of People : 10,351


 1996

Stearns, David Patrick
Furtwangler on trial : Ronald Harwood's London hit Taking Sides, about the conductor's denazification hearings, comes to Broadway
Opera News 61:18-20 Nov 1996
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Spotts, F.
And the bands played on : musicians in the Third Reich
Opera News 60:22-5 Jul 1995
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Meylan, Claude
Furtwangler compositeur
Dissonanz/dissonance N43:45-6 Feb 1995
       notes
       Note: suite

Number of People : 1


 1995

Lang, Klaus
Musikschatze aus Moskau
Stereoplay N8:54-6 Aug 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Anderson, R.
Reviews / CDs Wilhelm Furtwangler : 11 Songs; Chorus of Spirits and Dr Marianus Excerpt from Goethe's Faust (Guido Pikal (tenor), Frankfurt an der Oder Singakademie and PO/Alfred Walter) (Marco Polo)
Musical Times, 136:679 Dec 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Breuer, Janos
Bartok and the Third Reich
Hungarian Quarterly: 36:134-40 Winter 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Goebel, Albrecht
CDs Wilhelm Furtwangler : Te Deum/Religioser Hymnus/Schwindet, ihr dunklen Wolbungen/Lieder (Guido Pikal (Tenor), Philharmonisches Orchester und Singakademie Frankfurt (Oder), Ltg. Alfred Walter) (Marco Polo)
Orchester, Das 43:67-8 N10 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Knight, J.
Lessons in conducting from Wilhelm Furtwangler
Instrumentalist: 49:28-32+ Apr 1995
       mus notes ports

Number of People : 1


 1995

d'Heudieres, B.
Wilhelm Furtwangler, dernier compositeur romantique?
Revue Musicale de Suisse Romande N4:4-27 Dec 1995
       discog facs mus notes port table

Number of People : 1


 1994

Tharichen, Werner
Furtwangler and Karajan as conductors
Opera Quarterly: 11:19-27 N1 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Meyer, Gabriele E.
100 Jahre munchner Philharmoniker
Munchen: Alois Knurr Verlag, 1994, 519 p.

Number of People : 7


 1994

Tanner, M.
The rise ... and fall of conducting
Classic Cd N44:30-33 Jan 1994
       biog ports

Number of People : 1


 1994

Drei Klavierstucke. Ed. by C. Walton.
Notes 50:1577-8 N4 1994
       Note: Winterthur, Amadeus, 1991. $14.40

Number of People : 1


 1993

Meylan, Claude
Furtwangler symphoniste
Dissonanz/dissonance N36:40-41 May 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

North, J.H.
Fogel, H.
Classical recordings Furtwangler : Symphony No. 2 in E Minor (Alfred Walter conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra) (Marco Polo)
Fanfare 17:165-6 N1 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Fogel, H.
Classical recordings Bruckner : Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (Wilhelm Furtwangler conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) (Music & Arts)
Fanfare 17:139-40 N1 1993

Number of People : 1


 1992

Record review (Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic (Kosice), c. Alfred Walter) (Marco Polo)
Tempo N180:52+ Mar 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Heister, Hanns-Werner
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
1992

Number of People : 466


 1992

Planyavsky, Alfred
Die Wiener Philharmoniker im Ruckblick
Oesterreichische Musikzeitschrift 47:104-5 Feb-Mar 1992
       il port p99

Number of People : 1


 1992

Heister, Hanns-Werner
Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
1992

Number of People : 480


 1992

Indice Dei Nomi

p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.

Number of People : 11,539


 1992

Schallplatten Beethoven : Fidelio (Martha Moedl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Sena Jurinac, Rudolf Schock, Gottlob Frick, Otto Edelmann, Alfred Poell, u.a., Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler) (EMI Reference, 2 CDs)
Opernwelt 33:72 N12 1992
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1992

Planyavsky, Alfred
150 Jahre Wiener Philharmoniker
Ein Stuck europaischer Musik- und Orchestergeschichte
2. Teil
Orchester, Das 40:1302 N11 1992
       bibliog

Number of People : 1


 1991

Fogel, H.
Furtwangler from Japan
Fanfare 14:89-93 N6 1991
       discog ports

Number of People : 1


 1991

Flesch, Carl F.
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Musica 45:220-23 N4 1991
       port

Number of People : 1


 1991

Videos Mozart : Don Giovanni (Cesare Siepi, Otto Edelmann, Elisabeth Grummer, Lisa della Casa, Erna Berger, Anton Dermota, Walter Berry, Deszoe Ernster, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor) (VAI VHS)
Musical America 111:58-9 N5 1991

Number of People : 1


 1990

Youngren, W.
Critics' corner
Fanfare 14:540-41 N1 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Goertz, Harald
Ein Massstab der Musik : Furtwangler-Aufnahmen aus dem Archiv des Berliner Reichsrundfunks
Opernwelt 31:71 Jul 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Pleijel, Bengt
Nibelungens Ring paa skiva
Musikrevy 45:144-6 N4 1990
       il port port p142

Number of People : 1


 1990

Menuhin, Yehudi
Flesch, Carl F.
And do you also play the violin?
With a foreword by Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Toccata Press, 1990, 382 p.

Number of People : 9


 1990

Ashbrook, William
Furtwangler's Mozart
Opera Quarterly: 7:178-81 N2 1990
       Note: Rodolphe recordings

Number of People : 1


 1990

Recordings in review Beethoven : Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. Vienna Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor
Classical 2:27-8 Feb 1990
       port
       Note: Angel/EMI CD

Number of People : 1


 1990

Classical recordings Beethoven : Symphony No. 9 (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; with Tilla Briem, soprano; Elisabeth Hoengen, mezzo-soprano; Peter Anders, tenor; Rudolf Watzke, bass; Bruno Kittel Choir) (Hunt)
Fanfare 14:180-81 N1 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Fogel, H.
Wilhelm Furtwangler : wartime recordings
Fanfare 13:91-6 N4 1990
       discog ports

Number of People : 1


 1990

Cosse, Peter
Schallplatten Kunstlich belebte Vergangenheit; Furtwanglers Berliner Konzerte von 1942 bis 1944
Oesterreichische Musikzeitschrift 45:60-61 Jan 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Nelissen, N.
Furtwangler-collectie groeit gestaag
Nieuwe uitgave van "oorlogsopnamen" 1942-1944
Mens En Melodie 45:100-105 Feb 1990
       ports

Number of People : 1


 1990

Recordings in review Beethoven : Fidelio (M. Moedl; S. Jurinac; W. Windgassen; R. Schock; G. Frick; O. Edelmann; others; Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, W. Furtwangler, conductor) (Price-Les$)
Classical 2:40-41 Jun 1990
       port

Number of People : 1


 1990

Fogel, H.
Classical recordings Beethoven : Fidelio (Wilhelm Furtwangler conducting; Kirsten Flagstad, soprano (Leonore); Julius Patzak, tenor (Florestan); Paul Schoeffler, baritone (Pizarro); Josef Greindl, bass (Rocco); Hans Braun, bass (Fernando); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano (Marzelline); Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Live performance : Salzburg Festival; August 22, 1950) (Verona)
Fanfare 14:168-70 N1 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Wilhelm Furtwangler
Diapason-Harmonie (Currently Diapason (France)) N360:104 May 1990
       port

Number of People : 1


 1989

Opus record reviews
Musical America 109:58-9 N1 1989
       port

Number of People : 1


 1989

Tubeuf, Andre
Le Festival de Salzbourg
Paris: Sand, 1989, 235 p.

Number of People : 10

More Details : (1 Section)


 1989

Gros, Edouard
Anecdote : "Adolphe!"
Brass Bulletin N65:109 1989
       also in English and German

Number of People : 1


 1989

Schutzeichel, Harald
Albert Schweitzer : Briefe und Erinnerungen an Musiker
Zusammengestellt und kommentiert von Harald Schutzeichel
Bern: Verlag Paul Haupt, 1989, 206 p.

Number of People : 33


 1989

Performer Index : Conductors

p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.

Number of People : 20,297


 1989

Taruskin, Richard
Performers and instruments Resisting the Ninth
19th Century Music 12:241-56 N3 1989
       discog mus

Number of People : 1


 1989

Thieriot, D.
Letters
Fanfare 12:28 N6 1989
       Note: formation of a society devoted to Wilhelm Furtwangler

Number of People : 1


 1989

Opus record reviews Mozart : Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflote; Der Freischutz.
Musical America 109:64+ N4 1989

Number of People : 1


 1989

Paris, Alain
Dictionnaire des interpretes : et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1989

Number of People : 2,306


 1988

Sous, A.
Das Bayreuther Festspielorchester und seine Dirigenten
Orchester, Das 36:1109-11 Nov 1988
       port

Number of People : 1


 1988

Holmes, John L.
Conductors : a record collector's guide : including compact discs
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1988

Number of People : 153


 1988

Symphonische Importe auf CD : Wilhelm Furtwangler : Symphonie Nr. 3 cis-Moll
Neue Musikzeitung 37:33 Dec 1988
       Note: Orchester des RTBF Brussel, Alfred Walter

Number of People : 1


 1988

Belanger, R.
Disques (Brahms Piano concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 4, Berlin Philharmonic December 12 and 15, 1945
Rapsodie espagnole and Haydn Symphony No. 88, Vienna Philharmonic (Stuttgart) October 22, 1951)
Sonances 7:45-6 N3 1988

Number of People : 1


 1988

Dumling, Albrecht
Ein politikum : in Moskau wiedergefunden: fruhe Furtwangler-Aufnahmen
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik 149:73-4 Jul-Aug 1988

Number of People : 1


 1988

Fogel, H.
Some Furtwangler discoveries from Italy
Fanfare 12:30+ N1 1988
       Note: recordings

Number of People : 1


 1987

Tyrrell, M.
Wilhelm Furtwangler : a personal memory
Musical Opinion 110:43-5 Feb 1987
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1987

Steffens, Helmut
Musikersilhouetten : Achtzig Schattenbilder von Komponisten und Dirigenten aus der Entstehungszeit der Silhouette bis zur Gegenwart.
Gesammelt, kommentiert und herausgegen von Helmut Steffens
Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1987, 116 p.

Number of People : 62


 1987

Stinchelli, Enrico
I grandi direttori d'orchestra
Rome: Gremese Editore, 1987

Number of People : 376


 1987

Cahn, Peter
Schallplatten
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik N7-8:83 Jul-Aug 1987
       Note: London PO, Wiener Philharmoniker on Decca

Number of People : 1


 1987

Riess, Curt
Zum Thema Salzburg, Hitler und Toscanini
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik N11:2 Nov 1987

Number of People : 1


 1987

Horowitz, Joseph
Understanding Toscanini
An Italianate Wagner evening
Opus (US) 3:19-23 N2 1987
       port

Number of People : 1


 1987

Sachs, Harvey
Salzburg, Hitler und Toscanini
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik N7-8:17-22 Jul-Aug 1987
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1987

Sachs, Harvey
Toscanini, Hitler e Salisburgo
Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana 21:203-13 N2 1987
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1987

Hamilton, David
The Furtwangler centenary harvest
A "mysterious process" explored
Opus (US) 3:24-9 N5 1987
       cover port ports
       Note: recordings

Number of People : 1


 1987

Recordings in review
Musical America 107:60-61 N4 1987

Number of People : 1


 1987

Shokhman, G.
Zhizn' i mneniya Vil'gel'ma Furtvenglera, nemetskogo muzykanta
Sovetskaya Muzyka N1:84-93 Jan 1987
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1987

Indice Dei Nomi

p. 296-362 In:
Trezzini, Lamberto
Due secoli di vita musicale storia del teatro comunale di Bologna
Seconda edizione
A cura di Lamberto Trezzini
Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1987, 362 p.

Number of People : 4,845


 1986

Daube, Otto
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Monsalvat N141:14-15 Sep 1986
       ports

Number of People : 1


 1986

Listewnik, Arnd Volker
Hedwig, Sander
Wilhelm Furtwangler.
Leipzig, Dresden: Peters 1986. 76 S.
       Mit Ill.
      (Series: Bilder aus Leipzigs Musikleben)

Number of People : 1


 1986

Temple Savage, R.
A voice from the pit : From 1936 to the War
Opera (England) 37:13 Jan 1986
       il port p18

Number of People : 1


 1986

Sperl, W.
Zu Wilhelm Furtwanglers hunderstem Geburtstag
Oesterreichische Musikzeitschrift 41:181 Mar-Apr 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

Fogel, H.
Furtwangler on CD
Fanfare 9:72-4 N5 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

Krones, Hartmut
In memoriam
Oesterreichische Musikzeitschrift 41:108 Feb 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

Adamy, Bernhard
Dreimal Furtwangler. Uber Neuerscheinungen zum Jubilaumsjahr.
Richard Wagner Blatter. 10 (1986), S. 125-143. Mit

Number of People : 1


 1986

Kraus, Gottfried
Ein Mass, das heute fehlt. Wilhelm Furtwangler im Echo d. Nachwelt.
Herausgegeben von Gottfried Kraus.
Salzburg: O. Muller 1986. 249 S.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Glosse : Das Huhn und das Ei
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik N5:26 May 1986
       Note: two versions of Hindemith's emigration to U.S.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Cahn, Peter
[Review]
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. 147 (1986) H. 7/8, S. 108-109.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Cowan, R.
Fenyo, G.
Correspondence Furtwangler : a composer-conductor
Gramophone 64:339 Sep 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

Sampson, J.
Furtwangler, at 100 years, still selling
CDs culled from conductor's mono catalog
Billboard 98:65 Mar 1 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

Gefen, Gerard
Furtwangler : une biographie par le disque.
Paris: P. Belfond 1986. 222 S.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Borner, Hermann
Ein Magier des Klangs
Zum 100. Geburstag von Wilhelm Furtwangler
Musik und Gesellschaft 36:42-3 Jan 1986
       port

Number of People : 1


 1986

Cahn, Peter
Wilhelm Furtwangler im Spiegel unbekannter Briefe.
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. 147 (1986) H. 1, S. 4-10.
       Mit Abb.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Crory, N.
Compact discs
Opera Canada 27:50 N1 1986
       Note: Don Giovanni

Number of People : 1


 1986

Meurs, Norbert
[Review]
Musica. 40 (1986), S. 372-374.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Cahn, Peter
Wilhelm Furtwangler im Spiegel unbekannter Briefe : aus Anlass seines 100. Geburtstags
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik N1:4-10 Jan 1986
       biog il ports

Number of People : 1


 1986

Schweikert, Uwe
Wo ist das Feur; Mozart; Don Giovanni (recordings conducted by Kubelik and Furtwangler (1954))
Neue Musikzeitung 35:34 Jun-Jul 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

[Review]
Musikerzichung. 39 (1986), S. 234.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Wilhelm Furtwangler 1886-1954
Gramophone 64:42+ Jun 1986
       Note: recordings reissued

Number of People : 1


 1986

Hiller, Carl H.
Wilhelm Furtwangler dirigiert Wagner und Mozart : Tristan aus London, Don Giovanni aus Salzburg
Opernwelt 27:63 N5 1986
       port
       Note: EMI recordings

Number of People : 1


 1986

Hopf, Helmuth
[Review]
Zeitschrift fur Musikpadagogik. 11 (1986) H. 35, S. 69.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Keller, Hans
Furtwangler 1886-1954, an appreciation
Opera (England) 37:380-83 Apr 1986
       ports

Number of People : 1


 1986

Jameux, Dominique
Le grand autodafe : 10 mai 1933
Diapason-Harmonie (Currently Diapason (France)) N316:60-62 May 1986
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Meurs, Norbert
[Review]
Musica. 40 (1986), S. 372-374.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Prieberg, Fred K.
Kraftprobe : Wilhelm Furtwangler im Dritten Reich.
Wiesbaden: Brockhaus 1986. 495 S.
       Mit Ill.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Goehl, H.
Mit der klassischen Wahrheit
Orchester, Das 34:422 Apr 1986

Number of People : 1


 1986

Durchlebte Kunstwerke
Zum 100. Geburtstag von Wilhelm Furtwangler
Musikhandel 37:71 N2 1986
       port

Number of People : 1


 1986

Kan, P.
Neizvestni pisma na Furtvengler
Bulgarska Muzika 37:66-8 N5 1986
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1985

Wessling, Berndt Wilhelm
Furtwangler : eine krit. Biographie.
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1985. 479 S.
       Mit Ill.

Number of People : 1

More Details : (1 review)


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