Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

male, deceased (1828)
Austrian composer, Catholic, liturgy, liturgical, opera, roman…Unfinished Symphony, Symphony No. 8
Franz Seraphicus Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer. He wrote some 600 Lieder, seven completed symphonies, the famous "Unfinished Symphony",...
John Shirley-Quirk

John Shirley-Quirk

male, 78 years old
Peabody Institute, singer, Bass-baritone, Brunel College, Order of the British Empire, Glyndebourne Festival…Symphony No. 8, Eighth Symphony
John Shirley-Quirk CBE (born August 28, 1931) is an English bass-baritone. He was born in Liverpool, England, and sang in his high school choir. He...

Leopold Nowak

male, deceased (1991)
Eybler, Austrian, Süßmayr, requiem, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Imperial Academy of Music…Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Symphony No. 8
Leopold Nowak (Vienna, Austria, 17 August, 1904 - May 27, 1991) was a musicologist chiefly known for editing the works by Anton Bruckner for the...
Franz Schalk

Franz Schalk

male, deceased (1931)
Conductor, Austrian, Salzburg Festival, Kapellmeister, Vienna Court Opera, Vienna State Opera…Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 7, Symphony No. 8, Fifth Symphony
Franz Schalk (27 May 1863 - 3 September 1931) was an Austrian conductor. From 1918 to 1929 he was director of the Vienna State Opera, a post he...

Margaret Hillis

female, deceased (1998)
Conductor, vocal music, chicago symphony orchestra, carnegie hall, robert shaw, American…Symphony No. 8, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis (October 1, 1921 - February 5, 1998) was an American conductor. She was the founder and music director of the Chicago Symphony...

Anselm Hüttenbrenner

male
composer, graz, Austrian, Beethoven, schubert, University of Graz…Symphony No. 8, Unfinished Symphony
Anselm Hüttenbrenner was an Austrian composer. He was on friendly terms with both Beethoven, whom he visited on his death-bed, and Schubert, his r...

Frank Merrick

male, deceased (1981)
Academic of the Royal College of Music, English, Clifton, Greater Manchester, Royal College of Music, Symphony No. 8, Royal Manchester College of Music…Schubert's 8th Symphony
Frank Merrick (1886 - 1981) was a well-known Mancunian pianist around the early 1900s. He was born in Clifton. Merrick's peers included Egon Petri...

Frederick Charles Adler

male
Musician who left Nazi Germany, Conductor, Eighth Symphony, Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 9, Ninth Symphony…Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 6, Sixth Symphony
Frederick Charles Adler (usually known as F. Charles Adler) was an English-German conductor. He was born on 2 July 1889 in London and died 16...