Furtwängler

Japanese: フルトウェングラー

German conductor and composer. Born in Berlin to the famous archaeologist A. Furtwängler, he showed musical and artistic talent from an early age. He moved to the suburbs of Munich at the age of eight and received a privileged education from private tutors, learning music from composers J. Rheinberger (1839-1901) and M. von Schillings (1868-1933), as well as archaeologist R. Curtius and sculptor A. von Hildebrand. While composing, he became the choral conductor of the Breslau Municipal Theater at the age of 20, and thereafter served as conductor and music director at opera houses throughout Germany. In 1922, he succeeded Nikisch as the principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 1927 he also became the principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1933, he became music director of the Berlin State Opera. After World War II, he was temporarily banished from the music world for collaborating with the Nazis, but thanks to the efforts of Menuhin and others, he returned in 1947. He continued to be active in Berlin, Vienna, and the Bayreuth Festival. As a composer, he adopted a late romantic style and left behind four symphonies (1903-1954), including an early work without numbering. He also wrote many works. → Karajan / Munch / B. Walter → Related articles Kubelik | Piatigorsky | Hindemith | Berlin | Horowitz

Furtwängler

German archaeologist. He participated in the excavation of Olympia from 1878 to 1979, and later became a professor at the University of Munich and director of the Munich Archaeological Museum. He shed light on ancient Greek art with his keen discerning eye and precise documentary research, and made a particular contribution to the study of sculpture from the 5th and 4th centuries BC.
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ドイツの指揮者，作曲家。高名な考古学者A.フルトウェングラーを父にベルリンに生まれ，幼少期から楽才と画才を発揮。８歳で移り住んだミュンヘン近郊で家庭教師による恵まれた教育を受け，作曲家J.ラインベルガー〔1839-1901〕，M.vonシリングス〔1868-1933〕に音楽を学んだほか，考古学者R.クルティウス，彫刻家A.vonヒルデブラントなどに学ぶ。作曲活動の一方，20歳でブレスラウ市立劇場の合唱指揮者となり，以後ドイツ各地の歌劇場で指揮者・音楽監督を歴任。1922年からニキシュを継いでライプチヒ・ゲバントハウス管弦楽団とベルリン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団の常任指揮者に就任，1927年にはウィーン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団の常任指揮者にも就任した。1933年ベルリン国立歌劇場音楽監督。第２次大戦後，ナチスへの協力を理由に音楽界から一時追放されるが，メニューインらの尽力もあり1947年に復帰。ベルリンやウィーン，バイロイト音楽祭などで活動を続けた。作曲家としては後期ロマン派的な作風をとり，番号なしの初期作品を含む４つの交響曲（1903年―1954年）などを残している。著作も多い。→カラヤン／ミュンシュ／B.ワルター
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