!!!Overhoff, Kurt

b. Vienna, Oct. 20, 1902, 
d. Salzburg, Nov. 16, 1986, conductor, composer and music teacher. 
1928/29 assistant of W.  Furtwaengler, 1932-1940 general director of 
music in Heidelberg; close connections to R. Wagner's descendants, 
took over the musical education of Wieland Wagner in 1940 and managed 
to establish the Bayreuth Symphony Orchestra in 1947-1950. After 
working in the USA 1962-1973 professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

!Works
Mira, 1925 (opera). - __Publications:__ Die Musikdramen R. Wagners, 
1967; Die Elektra-Partitur von R. Strauss, 1978.



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