1930 LEO BLECH Berlin Z SHELLAC WIND ENSEMBLE Mozart Divertimento No 9 K240 78

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A series of great  classical orchestral and instrumental performances by major conductors, composers and instrumentalists.

LEO BLECH  conduct the WIND ENSEMBLE of the BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCH

Mozart Divertimento No 9  B Flat K240 1&2

Z SHELLAC with tiny z mark 12" 78 rpm record

Condition:

ECXELLENT close to pristine, plays almost superquiet

A CHOICE COPY

Leo Blech (1871-1958) was a German opera composer and conductor who is perhaps most famous for his work at the Königliches Schauspielhaus (later the Staatsoper Unter den Linden) from 1906 to 1937, and later as the conductor of Berlin's Städtische Oper from 1949 to 1958. Blech was known for his reliable, clear, and elegant performances, especially of works by Wagner, Verdi, and Bizet's Carmen (which he conducted over 600 times), and for his sensitivity as an accompanist.

Early life and education
Blech was born to a Jewish family in Aachen on April 21, 1871. After attending the Hochschule in Berlin, he studied piano with Ernst Rudorff and took private lessons in composition from Woldemar Bargiel and Engelbert Humperdinck.

Career
After working briefly in sales, Blech earned a position as conductor at the Stadttheater in Aachen in 1893. From 1899 to 1906, he conducted at the Neues Deutsches Theater in Prague, before moving to the Königliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin. In 1913 he was promoted to General Music Director. Between 1923 and 1926, Blech took various positions at opera houses in Berlin and Vienna, including the Deutsches Opernhaus, the Berlin Volksoper, and the Vienna Volksoper. In 1926 he returned to the Schauspielhaus, now called the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he remained until Adolf Hitler's anti-semitic policies forced him into exile in Riga in 1937. During and after the Second World War, Blech conducted at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. In 1949 he returned to Berlin to conduct at the Städtische Oper, where he worked until his death on August 24, 1958.

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