!!!Furtwängler, Wilhelm

b. Berlin (Germany), Jan. 25, 1886, 
d. Baden-Baden (Germany), Nov. 30, 1954, conductor. From 
1919-1924 conducted the autumn concerts of the Tonkuenstler Orchestra 
of Vienna and worked with H.  Schenker from 1920-1935; 1921 concert 
manager of the Gesellschaft der  Musikfreunde in Wien; 1922 first 
concert with the  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, became their leading 
conductor in 1927; also head conductor at the Vienna  State Opera from 
1928 and conducted many concerts and performances at the  Salzburg 
Festival. In 1938, after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, 
was appointed Director of Music in Vienna and took over the direction 
of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1939 until 1945. After 1947 
worked again in Vienna and Salzburg and was, for example, artistic 
director of the Salzburg festival from 1952.

!Works
Ton und Wort. Aufsaetze und Vortraege 1918-54, 1954; 
Vermaechtnis. Nachgelassene Schriften, 1956; Briefe, ed. by 
F. Thiess, 1964; Aufzeichnungen 1924-1954, ed. by E. 
Furtwaengler, 1980.

!Literature
S. H. Shirakawa, The Devil´s Music Master, 
1992; B. Geissmar, Taktstock & Schaftstiefel. Erinnerungen an 
W. F., 1996; C. Walton, W. F. in Diskussion, 1996; NDB.



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