Felix Mottl

Conductor

1856 – 1911

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Who was Felix Mottl?

Felix Josef von Mottl was an Austrian conductor and composer. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant conductors of his day. He composed three operas, of which Agnes Bernauer was the most successful, as well as a string quartet and numerous songs and other music. His orchestration of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder is still the most commonly performed version. He was also a teacher, counting among his pupils Ernest van Dyck and Wilhelm Petersen.

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Born
Aug 24, 1856
Vienna
Nationality
  • Austria
Profession
Education
  • University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Died
Jul 2, 1911
Munich

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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