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Dangerous Loudspeaker MUNICH AND ITS (SOMETIMES) FAVORITE SON Continued front page 49 This Administrative Director in 1867, and and soloists, and. most remarkable of all. is a under this constellation the works of sold out his concerts by subscription. Wagner attracted attention throughout The postwar political division of Ger- dangerous the world. as did. through them. the many has resulted. due to one man. in Munich Opera. Between 1867 and 1892, Munich's becoming a Bach center to the Munich Opera gave 742 Wagner challenge the ancient monopoly of Leip- loudspeaker performances -an astonishing record for zig, which lies in what today is East Ger- a contemporary composer. Tristan, .1íeis- many. That man. Karl Richter. was once tersittger, Rheittgold, and IValkiire all organist in Leipzig's Thom: skirche and. had their world premieres in Munich, in the pattern of tradition, could antici- and the first post -Bayreuth Ring cycle pate becoming Thomaskantor in the un- took place there. broken teacher -pupil succession which has As the cenun' ended. other aspects prevailed there since Bach himself held of the city's musical life began to flour- the post. As a result of some unpleasant- ish, independent of the Opera. Felix ness in Leipzig after the War. young Weingartner conducted the Kaim Orches- Richter turned refugee and settled in Mu- tra from 1898 to 1907. Felix Mottl ar- nich. There. drawing largely upon the MODEL DLS 529 rived in llunich in 1903, and until his 22.000 students at the Universit. he Caution -it will mercilessly reveal death eight years later set a tradition wasted no time before assembling_ the which permeated every German school Munich Bach Choir. soon followed by the flaws in any defective or out- of conducting. His successor was Bruno the Munich Bach Orchestra, and in a moded equipment used with it. Walter. After the 1918 revolution, remarkably short period established him- The transient -perfect sound Munich's three operatic theatres were re- self among West Germany's leading mu- organized under a single authority, the sicians. The annual Bach Festival in reproduction is totally different Bavarian State Theatre. Baron von Ansbach and his many recordings brought from all other Bookshelf speak- Frankenstein. who had been forced to him international fame. After Thomas - ers, regardless of size or price! retire by the revolution, returned in 1922 kantor Günther Ramin died, Leipzig as Administrative Director and brought asked Richter to succeed him, but he $159.00 with him as Generahnu.sikdirektor, for chose to stay in Munich. where he en- EMI the next fourteen years, Hans Knapperts- joys enormous popularity; during my `Higher in South and West. busch. most recent visit, his performance of the For further information write Munich today still has three opera S7. Matthew Passion, in the city's largest houses: the Nationaltheater, the Cuvilliés, hall. had people lining up for standing Scope Electronics Corp. 235 East 42nd St.. New Y. and the Prinzregententheater, which room. Americans will hear Karl Richter York, N. 10017 CIRCLE 29 ON READER -SERVICE CARD housed the opera after the war until last and his group this winter. November. It also has three full -time But with all this musical wealth. Mu- symphony orchestras: the Bavarian Ra- nich still awards Richard Strauss a spe- dio Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik; the cial place. Of course there has long been Munich Philharmonic under Fritz Rieger, a Richard Strauss Strasse, and now there and the Bavarian State Orchestra under is also a Strauss memorial fountain. It Joseph Keilberth, who is the Opera's was during the recent Strauss Festival. present Generalnutsikdirekwr. Munich though. that I encountered what I think suffered an irreplaceable loss this past would have pleased and touched the old WRITE FOR winter in the death of the composer Karl Bavarian most of all. When you walk up Amadeus Hartmann, founder of the city's the majestic, wide steps of the new Na- uniquely successful and influential Mu- tionaltheater, pass between the Roman QUOTATION sica Viva series. 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