Melichar, Alois#
b. Vienna, April 18, 1896, d. Munich,Germany. April 9, 1976 , conductor, composer, also wrote widely about music. From 1926 conductor for Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft, 1946-49 head of the Classical Music department of Rot-Weiss-Rot radio. From 1950 published polemical writings condemning modern music, which greatly damaged his reputation.
Works#
Choral and orchestral pieces, incidental music for radio plays, film music. - Writings: Die unteilbare Musik, 1952; Ueberwindung des Modernismus, 1954; Musik in der Zwangsjacke, 1958; Schoenberg und die Folgen, 1960.Literature#
Neue Deutsche Biographie.