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Jose EibenschutzGerman conductor and composer.
Date of Birth: 08.01.1872
Country:  Germany |
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- Josef Eibenschütz: German Conductor and Composer
- Musical Career
- Leadership in Oslo
- Return to Hamburg and Dismissal
- Later Years
Josef Eibenschütz: German Conductor and Composer
Early Life and EducationJosef Eibenschütz was born into a musical family, his parents being opera singers. He began his musical training under his mother's guidance and later studied violin at the Hoch Conservatory under Fritz Baßmann. Upon graduating in 1892, he moved to Koblenz to teach at the conservatory and serve as concertmaster in the city orchestra. During this time, he adopted the Spanish variation of his name, José, as his pseudonym.
Musical Career
In 1893, Eibenschütz secured an engagement with the symphony orchestra in St. Petersburg. Subsequently, he worked as concertmaster and conductor in Turku, Finland, until 1905, where his opera "Anna-Maria" premiered in 1897. From 1905 to 1908, he served as Music Director of Görlitz, followed by conducting the orchestra in Hamburg, primarily for charitable concerts.
Leadership in Oslo
From 1921 to 1927, Eibenschütz led the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, where he established a choir, conducted the orchestra's first radio performance, and staged operas such as "Fidelio," "Der Freischütz," and "Cavalleria Rusticana." He also directed Berlioz's oratorio "La Damnation de Faust."
Return to Hamburg and Dismissal
In 1928, Eibenschütz returned to Hamburg to head the music department of Nordische Rundfunk AG, including a small orchestra. Upon the Nazi regime's rise to power, he joined the Nazi party, but was dismissed in 1933 due to suspicions of Jewish ancestry. After a three-year investigation, he was deemed non-Aryan and permanently banned from public performances.
Later Years
Eibenschütz spent the rest of his life in the town of Sülzhayn, which became part of East Germany after World War II. In the postwar years, he occasionally guest-conducted with orchestras in Hamburg and Oslo.
