Fritz Stein
German conductor, philosopher and musicologist
About Fritz Stein
Lived 1879 – 1961 (aged 81). Fritz Stein was a German conductor, philosopher, musicologist, university teacher, court chapel master and general music director.
Friedrich Wilhelm Stein (17 December 1879 – 14 November 1961) was a German theologian, conductor, musicologist and church musician. He found in an archive in Jena the score of the so-called Jena Symphony, which he published as possibly a work by the young Ludwig van Beethoven. After a long period in Kiel from 1919 to 1933, teaching at the Kiel University and as Generalmusikdirektor, he had a leading position in the Reichsmusikkammer of the Nazis in Berlin.
Career Born Friedrich Wilhelm Stein In 1919 he was appointed Außerordentlicher Professor for musicology in Kiel, and from 1928 also in Ordinarius.
Literature Albrecht Dümling: Die Gleichschaltung der musikalischen Organisationen im NS-Staat. In: Dietrich Schuberth (ed.): Kirchenmusik im Nationalsozialismus – Zehn Vorträge. Kassel 1995. Max Hinrichsen: Festgabe für Fritz Stein, zur Vollendung seines 80. Lebensjahres am 17. Dezember 1959, Bonn : Max-Reger-Institut, 1959.
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German conductor, philosopher and musicologist (1879-1961)
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Fritz Stein was born on 17 December 1879 in Lauda-Königshofen.
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Fritz Stein died on 14 November 1961 in Berlin.
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Fritz Stein was a conductor, philosopher, musicologist, university teacher, court chapel master and general music director.
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Fritz Stein was German.
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