Herbert Albert

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Herbert Albert (December 26, 1903, Bad Lausick – September 15, 1973) was a German conductor.

Albert was born in Lausick and died in Bad Reichenhall. After studying with Karl Muck as a pianist he later held a succession of music director positions in Baden-Baden, Stuttgart and Breslau in the 1930s and 1940s. From 1946 to 1948 he was principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He held further positions in Graz and Mannheim.

External links

Herbert Albert Biography (Dutch)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Kapellmeisters

Johann Adam Hiller (1781)
Johann Gottfried Schicht (1785)
Johann Philipp Christoph Schulz (1810)
Christian August Pohlenz (1827)
Felix Mendelssohn (1835)
Ferdinand Hiller (1843)
Felix Mendelssohn (1845)
Julius Rietz (1848)
Carl Reinecke (1860)
Arthur Nikisch (1895)
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922)
Bruno Walter (1929)
Hermann Abendroth (1934)
Herbert Albert (1946)
Franz Konwitschny (1949)
Václav Neumann (1964)
Kurt Masur (1970)
Herbert Blomstedt (1998)
Riccardo Chailly (2005)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 12494392 LCCN: no99057864 GND: 116276223 BNF: cb13929730k

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Name	Albert, Herbert
Alternative names
Short description	German conductor
Date of birth	December 26, 1903
Place of birth	Bad Lausick
Date of death	September 15, 1973
Place of death

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