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180:, had been removed due to his Nazi sympathies. Salmhofer had not been a nazi sympathiser and his works had come close to being banned during that period. In addition he had had to protect his first wife whose background did not comply with the nazi race laws. His time at the Burgteater had also given him wide experience in managing a theatre and he had a considerable reputation as a composer and musician and was known for his fervent love of Austria, an advantage during the period of revival of national identity. The first post-war performance of the Staatsoper, Mozart's Figaro, took place at the Volksoper under the baton of Salmhofer and at the request of the Russian occupying forces on 1 May 1945. 28: 881: 641: 20: 204:
careful to avoid controversial themes that in the political mood of the 1930s and 1940s could have led to sanction of his works and, like many others of his generation, immigration or exile from his home country. He was one of the most widely performed composers of his generation. His 1951 setting of
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During his lifetime Salmhofer wrote over 300 works for stage, working mainly in the genres of ballet and opera. He could be termed a 'late romantic' as he took romanticism as a starting point and frequently drew inspiration from folk traditions. Some also regarded him as a 'progressive', but he was
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Salmhofer's appointment as the post-War Director of the Vienna State Opera in 1945 came as somewhat of a surprise, but can be attributed to several factors. His predecessor, Karl Böhm, a friend of
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As director he was an astute and wily diplomat who was quickly able to revive the theatre that had been badly damaged during allied bombing of Vienna and which was temporarily relocated to the
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from 1909-1914, where he was a choirboy, and in 1916 went on to study musicology, clarinet and composition at the Institute for Musicology at the University of Vienna where he was a pupil of
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In 1923 he married the pianist Margit Gál and, after her death in March 1954, was married to Margarethe Arndt from 1955 until his death in 1975.
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Stewart, John L. 1991, Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music, Berkeley: University of California Press, p15
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Weyr, Thomas. 2005,The Setting of the Pearl: Vienna under Hitler, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p397
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Stokes R., The Book of Lieder - The original texts of over 1000 songs, Faber & Faber
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Stokes R, The Book of Lieder - The original texts of over 1000 songs, Faber & Faber
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where he served until 1945 when he became the first post-war Director of the
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Forschungen, Institut für kunst-und musikhistorische (6 December 2018).
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and composed a number of works, few of which are played today.
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Franz Salmhofer c1953 whilst Director of the Vienna State Opera
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Franz-Salmhofer-Platz (The square in front of the Volksoper).
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Salmhoferstraße (Inzersdorf area south of the city centre)
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Federal Capital of Vienna Medal of Honour in gold (1965)
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Honorary Member of the Austrian Federal Theatre (1963)
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composer
clarinetist
conductor
Kapellmeister
Burgtheater
Vienna State Opera
Vienna Volksoper
Vienna
Austria
Admont Abbey
Styria
Franz Schreker
Franz Schmidt
Guido Adler
Ernst Krenek
Wilhelm Grosz
Karol Rathaus
Joseph Rosenstock
Max Brand (composer)
de
Friedrich Wilckens
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Paul Pisk
Jascha Horenstein
Burgtheater
Vienna State Opera
Vienna Volksoper

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