Fritz Zweig

Fritz Zweig (8 September 1893 - 28 February 1984) was a German conductor.

Born in Olomouc, Moravia, after graduating from the local high school, Zweig studied theory and composition under Arnold Schoenberg. He made his professional debut in 1913 at the Mannheim National Theatre. He served as conductor in important opera houses such as Theater des Westens, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Kroll Opera House.

In 1927 Zweig was employed by the Berlin State Opera, but after the rise of power of the Nazis he was forced to leave his position because of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, and together to his wife Tilly De Garmo he fled to France and later to Poland, where he was offered the role of conductor at the New German Theatre in Prague. In 1938, he returned to France, but after the nazi occupation of the country he finally escaped to the United States, where he first worked as a conductor, and later, starting from 1946, as a music teacher. Among his pupils were Miklós Rózsa, Marilyn Horne and Grace Bumbry.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 8, 1893 (Olomouc), Died February 28, 1984 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Homocord TM478 12-in. January 1929 Reading the stars on high Gitta Alpar Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Homocord TM480 12-in. January 1929 Couplets du Mysoli Gitta Alpar Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Columbia (U.K.) WR427 10-in. approximately mid-1930s Der Rosenkavalier, act I Charles Kullman ; Staatskapelle Berlin ; Fritz Zweig Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Zweig, Fritz," accessed November 13, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109214.

Zweig, Fritz. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109214.

"Zweig, Fritz." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109214

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