Karl Böhm

Karl B?hm (August 28, 1894 - August 14, 1981) was a noted conductor.

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Born in Graz, Austria he studied law and earned a doctorate on this subject. He later studied music at the Graz Conservotoire. On the recommendation of Karl Muck, Bruno Walter engaged him at the Munich state Opera in 1921. Darmstadt (1927) and Hamburg (1931) were the next places he resided as a young conductor, and later succeeded Fritz Busch as head of the Dresden Opera in 1934. He moved to the Vienna State Opera in 1943, becoming musical director at the rebuilt opera house there for a time after the second world war. He received many honors, among which 1964 first Austrian Generalmusikdirektor. B?hm died in Salzburg.

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Although never a member of the Nazi party, he was a committed supporter. B?hm was a close colleague of Richard Strauss and directed many of Strauss' works at their premiere. He was also noted for his interpretations of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operas. He also conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra before his death and he was also a well-known interpreter of Brahms and Johann Strauss II during his tenure with the orchestra.

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His son, the actor Karlheinz B?hm is best known for his role as Mark, the psychopath in Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell.

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August 28: August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining....

1894: 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar)....

August 14: August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining....

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