Julius Bürger

Julius Burger (Bürger) (Vienna 11 March 1897 - New York City, 12 June 1995) was an Austrian then American composer, pianist and conductor.

He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music under Franz Schreker, and was one of the group of Schreker's pupils - Alois Hába, Jascha Horenstein, Ernst Křenek, Karol Rathaus - who followed Schreker to Berlin when Schreker was appointed Director of the Hochschule für Musik.

He had a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, New York first dating from his apprenticeship in 1924–1926, when Bruno Walter recommended him as assistant to Artur Bodanzky. He was an assistant to Otto Klemperer at the Kroll Opera, then following the Nazi ban on Jewish artists in 1933, drifted between Vienna, Brussels and Paris as well as visits to London to work for the BBC as an orchestrater. In February 1938 Bürger and his wife exited a train to Vienna in Paris, and in 1939 they departed permanently for America. His mother and five of his brothers were sent to Auschwitz, his mother being shot by the roadside and the brothers murdered in the camp.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 11, 1897 (Vienna), Died June 12, 1995 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, arranger, composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia CO36677 10-in. 1947 Song of India Julius Bürger ; Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Columbia CO36678 10-in. 1947 Hymn to the sun Julius Bürger ; Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Columbia CO36679 10-in. 1947 Gypsy song Julius Bürger ; Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Columbia CO36680 10-in. 1947 Fandango Julius Bürger ; Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Columbia CO37893 10-in. 1947 At dawning, op. 29, no. 1 Julius Bürger ; Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor, arranger  
Columbia CO37989 10-in. 1947 For you alone Julius Bürger ; Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor, arranger  
Columbia (U.K.) C-WR406 10-in. approximately mid-1930s Launisches Glück Ernst Hauke ; Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bürger, Julius," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/358984.

Bürger, Julius. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/358984.

"Bürger, Julius." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/358984

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