Adler, F. Charles
Adler, F. Charles
Adler, F. Charles, American conductor; b. London (of an American father and a German mother), July 2, 1889; d. Vienna, Feb. 16, 1959. He studied with Halm (piano), Beer-Walbrunn (theory), and Mahler (conducting). After serving as Mottl’s assistant at the Munich Court Opera (1908–11), he held the post of 1st conductor at the Dusseldorf Opera (from 1913). From 1919 to 1933 he was active as a sym. conductor in Europe, and he also was owner of the Edition Adler in Berlin. In 1937 he founded the Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) Music Festival.
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