Schönherr, Max#
Schoenherr, Max, b.Maribor, Slovenia (then Marburg), Nov. 23, 1903, d. Baden (Lower Austria), Dec. 14, 1984. Composer. Director of music at the Graz Opera, at the Marischka-Buehnen theatres in Vienna and the Vienna Volksoper; conducted the Vienna Radio Orchestra for more than 40 years (from 1931). Studied musicology in his old age (especially J. Lanner, C. M. Ziehrer and J. Strauss the Elder). Numerous awards.
Works#
Hotel Sacher, 1957 (ballet). - Orchestral works, chamber music, 1 opera, piano pieces, songs. - Publications (with K. Reinoehl): Das Jahrhundert des Walzers (first vol.: Joh. Strauss Vater, 1953); C. M. Ziehrer, 1974.