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Bamberger, Carl

Carl Bamberger (1902-87). Conductor and writer on music, born in Vienna; pupil of Schenker during the years 1920/21 to 1923/24. He conducted opera in Danzig and Darmstadt (1924–30), and in Russia (1931–35). He migrated to the US in 1937, where he was director of the orchestral and opera departments of the Mannes School of Music, New York from 1939 (among others, Carl Schachter studied conducting with him there).

His publications include the book The Conductor’s Art (1965). Preserved in Schenker's scrapbook are three articles by him: "Das Wiener Photogramm-Archiv" and "Das Schenker-Institut am neuen wiener Konservatorium," published in Musikblätter des Anbruchs issue 1 (1936) (OC 2/after p.92), and the obituary "Zum Tode Heinrich Schenkers," Wiener Musik-Zeitung April 1935 (OC 2/p.91).

Letters from Bamberger to Schenker exist in OJ 9/12 (eight letters, 1924–27) and OC (3 letters, 1934).

Bamberger is mentioned in the following letters:

OJ 10/18, [5], June 17, 1933 (Elias to Schenker)

OJ 5/18, 43, June 24, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas)

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Carl Bamberger (1902-87). Conductor and writer on music, born in Vienna; pupil of Schenker during the years 1920/21 to 1923/24. He conducted opera in Danzig and Darmstadt (1924–30), and in Russia (1931–35). He migrated to the US in 1937, where...

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