Krips, Josef#

Krips, Josef, b. Vienna, April 8, 1902, d. Geneva (Switzerland), Oct. 13, 1974; conductor, first at the Vienna Volksoper, then in Aussig and Karlsruhe, 1933-1938 and 1945-1950 at the Vienna State opera, from 1935 taught at the Vienna College of Music and the Performing Arts (1939-1945 banned by the Nazis from conducting). Conducted works by Mozart at the Salzburg Festival, 1950-1954 conductor-in-chief at the London Symphony Orchestra, 1954-1963 at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, 1963-1970 at the Symphony Orchestra San Francisco, 1970-1973 at the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

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