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Eugen Jochum (November 1, 1902 – March 26, 1987) was an eminent German conductor. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures
Born in Babenhausen, near Augsburg, Germany, Jochum studied the piano and organ in Augsburg until 1922. Babenhausen is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse, Germany. Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. [1] He then studied conducting in Munich. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. His first post was as a rehearsal pianist at Mönchen-Gladbach, and then in Kiel. Mönchengladbach (mœnçənˈglatbax is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. For the city in the United States, see Kiel Wisconsin. For the name see Kiel (name.
He made his conducting debut with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1926 in a program which included Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. The Münchner Philharmoniker ( Munich Philharmonic) is one of three orchestras located in the city of Munich, along with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 &ndash 11 October 1896 was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and Motets Anton Bruckner 's Symphony No 7 in E major is one of his best known symphonies In the same year he was appointed conductor at Kiel, where he conducted seventeen operas in his first season, including The Flying Dutchman, Der Rosenkavalier and Turandot. Der fliegende Holländer ( The Flying Dutchman) is an Opera, with Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner. Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original Turandot is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a Libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni [2].
After Kiel he went to Mannheim, where Wilhelm Furtwängler praised his conducting. Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25 1886 &ndash November 30 1954 was a He turned down an offer to conduct twelve concerts with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, believing that his repertory and experience were not yet equal to it. The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842 (He did not appear in America until 1958. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America ) His next appointment was as music director in Duisburg, from 1930 to 1932. Duisburg (ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area ( Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. [3] In 1932 he became chief of the Berlin Radio Orchestra, also conducting 16 concerts a season with the Berlin Philharmonic, and at the Deutsche Oper. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an Opera company located in Berlin, Germany, in what was formerly West Berlin. [2].
In 1934 Jochum succeeded Karl Böhm as musical director of the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Philharmonic. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Karl August Leopold Böhm ( August 28, 1894 &ndash The Hamburg State Opera (in German Hamburgische Staatsoper) is one of the leading Opera companies in Germany. The Philharmoniker Hamburg is a German symphony Orchestra based in Hamburg. Throughout the Nazi era, Hamburg remained, as Jochum put it, ‘reasonably liberal’, so that he was able to keep his post despite refusing to join the party. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German He performed music by composers such as Hindemith and Bartók elsewhere banned by the Nazis. Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 &ndash 28 December 1963 was a German Composer, Violist, violinist teacher music theorist and conductor. Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest He served at Hamburg until 1949. [2]. After World War II, Jochum became the first chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1949. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks) is the internationally renowned Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk
Jochum was also a regular guest conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, and served as the orchestra's 'first conductor' (eerste dirigent) from 1941-1943, during the chief conductorship of Willem Mengelberg. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (In Dutch: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest) is the best-known and most respected Symphony orchestra of the Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Joseph Willem Mengelberg ( 28 March 1871 &ndash 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor. From 1961 to 1963, Jochum was joint chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra alongside Bernard Haitink. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernard Johan Herman Haitink CH KBE (born March 4, 1929) is a Dutch conductor and Violinist Early [4][5] He conducted frequently in London, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. The London Philharmonic Orchestra ( LPO) based in London, is one of the major Orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. In 1975, the LSO appointed him conductor laureate.
He appeared regularly at Salzburg and, from 1953, Bayreuth, where he made his debut conducting Tristan und Isolde. The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele is a prominent festival of Music and Drama. Bayreuthfestjpg|thumb|350px|right|Bayreuth Festspielhaus as seen in 1882 Tristan und Isolde ( Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda) is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner
Jochum is best known for his interpretations of Anton Bruckner. Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 &ndash 11 October 1896 was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and Motets His performances of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Wagner and Carl Orff are also notable. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic Carl Orff ( &ndash) was a 20th-century German Composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937 His recording of Carmina Burana is considered by some to be an authoritative interpretation, as Orff himself was present at the recording and condoned the final record[6]. Carmina Burana is a scenic Cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936
He was a regular recording artist, from his first records in 1932 (the Mozart D minor piano concerto with Edwin Fischer). Edwin Fischer ( October 6, 1886 &ndash January 24, 1960) was a Swiss classical Pianist and conductor In the stereo LP era he recorded mainly for Deutsche Grammophon. Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical Record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity. His DG Bruckner cycle has remained in the catalogues ever since its first issue in the 1960s. He later recorded another complete cycle for EMI with the Dresden Staatskapelle. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden ( Saxon State Orchestra Dresden) is an Orchestra based in Dresden, Germany founded in 1548
Jochum’s younger brother Georg Ludwig Jochum was also a conductor. Georg Ludwig Jochum (sometimes hyphenated as Georg-Ludwig Jochum) ( 10 December 1909 – 1 November 1970) was a German His daughter Veronica Jochum is a pianist on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
Jochum died in Munich, Germany at the age of 84. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. His wife Maria predeceased him, in 1985. [7]
Notable recordings
- Anton Bruckner, Eighth Symphony, Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra, 1949 (first commercial recording of the complete symphony)
- Carl Orff, Carmina Burana, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, 1953 (first recording)
- Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1976 (with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Plácido Domingo, and others)
References
- ^ Obituary for Eugen Jochum (1987). Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 &ndash 11 October 1896 was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and Motets Anton Bruckner 's Symphony No 8 in C minor is the last Symphony the composer completed Carl Orff ( &ndash) was a 20th-century German Composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937 Carmina Burana is a scenic Cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an Opera in three acts written and composed by Richard Wagner The German Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925 is a German singer and conductor of Classical music, one of the most famous WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born January 21, 1941) better The Musical Times, 128 (1732): 346.
- ^ a b c Blyth, Alan, Interview and profile of Eugen Jochum (August 1972). The Gramophone: p. 319.
- ^ Potts, Joseph E. , "European Radio Orchestras: Western Germany" (September 1955). The Musical Times, 96 (1351): 473-475.
- ^ Hussey, Dyneley, "The Musician's Gramophone" (May 1960). Dyneley Hussey ( 27 February 1893 - 6 September 1972) was a War poet, journalist Art critic and Music critic. The Musical Times, 101 (1407): 303.
- ^ Other reports have stated 1964, rather than 1963. However, the Concertgebouw Orchestra's own website gives 1963 as the year when Haitink became sole chief conductor.
- ^ http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/orff-cb/carbur9.php
- ^ John Rockwell. "Eugen Jochum, Conductor of German Classics", New York Times, 28 March 1987. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.
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