Walter

(val’-tér), (z) Ignaz, Radowitz, Bohemia, 1759 — Ratisbon, 1822; tenor and composer. (2) Juliane (née Roberts), wife of above; a singer. (3) Aug., Stuttgart, r82rz —Basel, Jan. 22, 1896; mus.-director and composer. (4) Gustav, Bilin, Bohemia, Feb. 11, 1834—Vienna, Jan. 31, 1910; tenor; pupil of Prague Cons.; début in Brunn; 1856-87, principal lyric tenor at Vienna ct.opera. (5) Bruno, b. Berlin, Sept. 15, 1876; family name Schlesinger; noted conductor; studied at Stern Cons., Berlin, with Radecke, Ehrlich and Bu ler; early held baton posts in both opera and orchestral music Cologne, Hamburg, Breslau, Pre burg and Riga; 1900-01, Berlin Ct.-Opera; 1901-12, Vienna Ct.Opera; 1913-22, gen. mus. dir. at Munich, succeeding Mottl; he made visits to the U. S. as guest cond. of the N. Y. Symph. in the next 2 seasons; 1925-29, mus. dir. of Berlin Stddtische Oper: 1929-33, cond. of Gewandhaus Orch., | Leipzig; also Jed annual series with Berlin Philh. Orch.; appeared much in other countries, including Covent Garden, London, at the Salzburg Fest., in Paris, Vienna and Amsterdam; in 1933 he resigned his Berlin posts following acce ion to political power of the Nat’l Socialists; co-dir. Vienna Op., and Philh. Orch., 1936-38; cond. part of season with N. Y. Philh. Orch. in 1933 and 1934; c. orch. works, chamber music and songs. Walther von der Vogelweide (val’ter fon dér f6’-gél-vi-dé), in the Tyrol (?), ca. 1160—Wiirzburg, after 1227; the chief Minnesinger and lyric poet of medieval Germany.