!!!Löwe, Ferdinand

b. Vienna, Feb. 19, 1865, 
d. Vienna, Jan. 6, 1925, conductor. Student of A.  Bruckner; 1898 
kapellmeister of the court opera, 1900 first conductor of the Wiener 
Concertvereinsorchester ( Wiener Symphoniker), 1905-1919 conducted the 
workers' concerts ("Arbeiterkonzerte"). Teacher at the Vienna 
Conservatory (which in 1919 became the Vienna Music Academy and later 
Musikhochschule), 1918 to 1922 head of this institution; particularly 
committed to the performance of A. Bruckner's symphonies.

!Literature
R. Rauner, F. L. Leben u. Wirken, 2 vols., 1995; OeBL.



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