!!!Schalk, Franz

b. Vienna, May 27, 1863, 
d. Edlach (municipality of Reichenau an der Rax, Lower Austria), Sept. 
3, 1931, conductor; brother of Josef  Schalk. Studied under A.  
Bruckner, 1900 1st Kapellmeister of the Vienna Court Opera, 1904-1921 
also head of the concerts of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 
Wien; 1909-1919 teacher at the Vienna Academy of Music; 1918-1929 
director of the Vienna  State Opera (1919-1924 with R.  Strauss), made 
it very successful. Initiated the tours of the opera company, 
organised performances of operas by Mozart and other composers in the 
Redoutensaal hall at the Hofburg (Imperial Palace) and played a vital 
part in the creation of the  Salzburg Festival; conductor of the 
Vienna Hofburg orchestra. Favoured works by A. Bruckner.

!Publication
Briefe und Betrachtungen, 1935.

!Literature
T. Leibnitz, Die Brueder Schalk und A. Bruckner, 1988; 
OeBL; NOeB.



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