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Walter Taussig

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Birth : 9 Feb 1908, Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna (Wien), Austria Death : 31 Jul 2003; New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA Walter Taussig was member of the music staff at the Metropolitan Opera since 1949, and was as associate conductor there at the time of his death. Walter Taussig, 95, a vocal coach and conductor and an 802 member since 1941, died on July 31. Mr. Taussig was born in Vienna and studied with the composer Franz Schmidt at the Music Academy in Vienna. He also studied conducting with Robert Heger. Mr. Taussig’s principal instrument was the oboe. After graduating, he worked all throughout Europe, but escaped before World War II, first heading to Cuba where he conducted the Havana Philharmonic. Later he worked at the Montreal, Chicago and San Francisco operas. (His mother and sister, the renowned mathematician Herta Taussig Freitag also emigrated to the US.) In 1949 he became the assistant chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera. He later became associate conductor. Mr. Taussig worked with Birgit Nilsson in “Elektra” and Placido Domingo in “Parsifal.” He was also an assistant conductor at the Salzburg Festival and a coach for Deutsche Grammophon, the record company. He is survived by his wife Lore and daughter Lynn.

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• Classical
• Soundtrack
• Folk

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