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Fritz Mahler Biography

(b Vienna, 1901 ; d Winston‐Salem, N. Carolina, 1973 )

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Austrian‐born conductor and composer (Amer. cit. 1939 ). Cousin of Gustav Mahler . Studied comp. with Berg, Webern, and Schoenberg, and musicology with Adler at Vienna Univ. 1920 – 4 . Cond. Volksoper, Vienna, 1931 – 5 . Settled in USA 1936 . Taught cond. Juilliard Sch. 1938 – 53 . Cond. Erie (Penn.) SO 1947 – 53 , Hartford SO 1953 – 64 . Wrote sym.‐poem, chamber mus., and songs.

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