Weingartner

(vEn'-gart-ner), Paul Felix, condr., compr b. Zara, Dalmatia, June 2, 1863. Pupil of W. A. Remy, won Mozart Prize at Leipzig Cons., and stayed with Liszt at Weimar; th. condr. at KOnigsberg 1884, Danzig 1885-87, and Hamburg 1887- 89, Mannheim 1889-91; 2d capellmeister Berlin Court opera 1891-97; ill health obliged him to resign all but conducting of symph. concerts 1897; 1898-1908 conducted Kami Orch. in Munich; 1908 succeeded Mahler as director of the Vienna Court opera; resigned 1911; conducted concerts in America 1904, ’05, ’06; conducted Wagner operas, Boston, 1912; composed 3 operas (Sakuntala Malawika and Genesms), 3 symphonies, several symphonic poems l Konig Lear, Gefilde der Setigen), songs, sextet, etc.; has written Usher das Dirigiren and Die Symphonic nach Beethoven condr. of remarkable breadth, being able to bring out not only the mu civil structure of a work, but also its poetic significance.