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Hans Pfitzner

Hans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina (1917), loosely based on the life of the sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and his Missa Papae Marcelli.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 5, 1869 (Moscow), Died May 21, 1949 (Salzburg)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-06656 10-in. 3/16/1937 Gretel Ernő Balogh ; Lotte Lehmann Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BS-036929 10-in. 5/10/1939 Stimme der Sehnsucht Marjorie Lawrence ; Felix Wolfes Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BS-036930 10-in. 5/10/1939 Die Einsame Marjorie Lawrence ; Felix Wolfes Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BS-051201 10-in. 5/31/1940 Michaelskirchplatz Marjorie Lawrence ; Felix Wolfes Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick 80½bm 12-in. 1926 Symphony no. 4, D minor : 1st movement New Symphonic Orchestra, Berlin ; Hans Pfitzner Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 81bm 12-in. 1926 Symphony no. 4, D minor : 1st movement New Symphonic Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 82bm 12-in. 1926 Symphony no. 4, D minor : 1st movement New Symphonic Orchestra, Berlin ; Hans Pfitzner Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 83bm 12-in. 1926 Symphony no. 4, D minor New Symphonic Orchestra, Berlin ; Hans Pfitzner Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 84bm 12-in. 1926 Symphony no. 4, D minor New Symphonic Orchestra, Berlin ; Hans Pfitzner Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 85bm 12-in. 1926 Symphony no. 4, D minor New Symphonic Orchestra, Berlin ; Hans Pfitzner Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 86bm 12-in. 1926 Symphony no. 4, D minor New Symphonic Orchestra, Berlin ; Hans Pfitzner Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 203½bv 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 872bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 917bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 917bm 12-in. 1928 Oberon : Overture Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 918bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 918bm 12-in. 1928 Oberon : Overture Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 919½bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 920bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 921bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 922bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 923bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 924bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 925½bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchetsra conductor  
Brunswick 926bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 927bi 10-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 928bi 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) Hans Pfitzner ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 977bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 978bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 979bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 980bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 981bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 982bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 983bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 985½bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 986bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 987bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6 Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 988bi 12-in. 1930 Symphony no. 6, F major Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1464½bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; State Opera Orchestra of Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1465½bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; State Opera Orchestra of Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1466bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; State Opera Orchestra of Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1467½bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; State Opera Orchestra of Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1468bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; State Opera Orchestra of Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1470bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; State Opera Orchestra of Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1471bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; Staatskapelle Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1472bm 12-in. 1928 Symphony no. 2, in C major Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  
Brunswick 1626bm 12-in. 1929 Symphony no. 2, C major Hans Pfitzner ; The State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Orchestra conductor  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pfitzner, Hans," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102875.

Pfitzner, Hans. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102875.

"Pfitzner, Hans." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

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