!!!Planyavsky, Alfred b. Vienna, Jan. 22, 1924, double-bass player; father of Peter Planyavksy. Trained as a tenor; from 1957 member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, from 1967 member of the Court Chapel. 1974 founded the Wiener Kontrabass-Archiv (music-collection of the National Library); retired in 1989. Numerous honours. !Works Geschichte des Kontrabasses, %%sup 2/%1984; Der Barockkontrabass Violone, %%sup 2/%1998. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Planyavsky,_Alfred|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]