Hans Weisse, Joseph Knettel, Paul Kletzki Collections, 1912-1956
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Weisse, Hans, 1892-1940
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Hans Weisse was born in Vienna on March 31, 1892. A student of music theorist Heinrich Schenker, he taught Oswald Jonas and Felix Salzer. He was hired by the Mannes School of Music in New York City, and initially arrived in the United States in the fall of 1931. He served as head of the composition department at Mannes, and took U.S. citizenship in 1938. Weisse died in New York City on February 10, 1940....
Kletzki, Paul, 1900-1973
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Paul Kletzki was born Pawel Klecki in Łódź, Poland, on March 21, 1900. He joined the Łódź Philharmonic as a violinist at age 15, and later studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with the violinist Emil Młynarski, and at the University of Warsaw. He moved to Berlin in 1921, where he gained the support of Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler, and conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1925. As the Nazi Party rose to power, he left Germany for Milan, Italy in 1933, and taught composition; i...
Knettel, Josef, 1875-1972
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Josef Knettel was born on August 22, 1875 in Düsseldorf, Germany. His father, Josef Knettel Sr., was an amateur musician, and provided his initial training in organ and choral conducting. The younger Knettel later studied with Julius Buths and Dr. August Reismann, the latter of whom introduced him to Dr. Bernhard Scholz, who offered him a scholarship to study at the Frankfurt Hoch Conservatory (Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium – Musikakademie). At Frankfurt, Knettel studied with Iwan Knorr, and met Her...
