Blech

(blakh), Leo, b. Aachen, April 22, 1871; conductor; pupil of Berlin Hochschule; 1893—1896, cond. at Theatre, Aachen, pupil of Humperdinck; 1899—r1906, cond. Prague; 1906, Royal Opera, Berlin; 1908, cond. first East-Pru ian Festival at Kénigsberg; c. 3 symph. poems, succe ful 1-act opera, ‘‘ Das War Ich’? (Dresden, 1902); 3-act opera ‘‘ A schenbrédel” (Prague, 1905); “Verste gelt” (Hamburg, 1908; New York, 1912); operetta ‘‘Die Strohwitwe’’; orch. works, etc.; 1925, cond. in Stockholm; after 1926 again at Berlin Op. (blikh’-mdn),. Julius Ivanovitch, St. Petersburg, Dec. 5, 1868—Jan. i0, 1909; conductor; pupil at the Cons., and of Reinecke and Jada ohn; cond. various orchs. at St. Petersburg; c. 2 operas, chamber music, etc. (bloi’-ér), L., Budapest, —Berlin, 1897; violinist; 1883-93, leader of Philh. orch., Berlin; 1894, of Philh. Club, Detroit (Michigan).