Weiner

(vi’-nér), Leo, b. Budapest, April 16, 1885; composer; studied with Koe ler at the Prague Acad., also in other countries; after 1913, teacher of theory at Buda-Pest Acad.; c. orch. works, string quartets, trio, vin. sonata; quartet in F sharp minor winning Coolidge Prize, 1921; also arr. works of Bach and others for orchestra. (vin’-girt-nér), (Paul) Felix, b. Zara, Dalmatia, June 2, 1863; notable conductor; pupil of W. A. Remy; later of Leipzig Cons., winning Mozart prize; friend of Liszt at Weimar, where his opera “‘Sakuntala” was prod. 1884; until 1880, theatre cond. at Kénigsberg, Danzig, Hamburg; 1889, Mannheim; 1891-97, was cond. Berlin ct.-opera, also cond. symph. concerts at the Royal orch.; from 1898 lived in Munich as cond. Kaim concerts as well as the R. Orch. Berlin; in 1908-11, he succeeded Mahler as dir. of the Vienna Royal Op., also leading concerts of the Philh. Orch. in that city; in 1912-14, 1st. cond. at the Hamburg Op.; then ct.-cond. at Darmstadt and dir. of the Cons. there; he continued to make notable guest appearances in various cities, incl. visits to America in 1905-06 and 1912-13; 1919-20 he was dir. of the Vienna Volk so per; 1928-35, dir. of Basel Cons., and cond. of orch. there; in 1935 he was again called to the directorship of the Vienna Op., but resigned in 1936 after differences with the state officials over artistic policy; c. operas “Sakuntala’”’ (1884), “Malawika”’ (Munich, 1886), ‘“Genes i us” (Berlin, 1893), withdrawn by the author because of pre attacks and revived with succ. at Mannheim and elsewhere; ‘‘Orestes’’ (Berlin, June 15, 1902); c. symph. poems “Konig Lear,’ ‘Das Gefilde der Seligen,” a drama “Golgotha’”’ (1908), 3 symph., ‘“Friihlingsmérchens piel” (Weimar, 1908), music to “Faust” (do., 1908); operas, ‘Dame Kobold” (to his own libretto), 1916; “Meister Andrea” (1920); ‘‘Terokayn” (1920); “Julian the Apostate.’ He orchestrated Beethovea’s Hammer klavier pf.-sonata and ed. an unfinished — Schubert symphony (not the famous one); wrote ‘“‘ Uber das Dirigieren,” “Die Symphonie nach Beethoven,” etc.; m. Juillerat, 1891; Barone Feodora de Dreyfus, 1903; Lucille Marcel, singer, 1912 (she d. 1921); Mme. Kalisch, actre , 1922; and later Carmen Studer, a talented conductor. Resides in England. (or We in lich) (vin’-likh), (1) Chr. Ehregott, Dresden, 1743—1813; organist and composer. (2) (Chr.) Th., Dresden, 1780—Leipzig, 1842; nephew and pupil of above; cantor, theorist and composer. (vin’-voorm), Rudolf, Schaidldorf-on-the-Thaja, Austria, April 3, 1835—-Vienna, May 25, 1911; chorister, ct.-chapel, Vi- | enna; 1858, studied law and founded the Univ: Gesangverein; mus.-dir.; 1880 mus.-dir. of the Univ.; pub. treatises and composer.