Henry Swoboda

Henry Swoboda (29 October 1897, Prague – 13 August 1990, Rossinière) was a Czech-American conductor and musicologist and, with James Grayson and Mischa Naida, co-founder of U.S. Westminster Records which flourished in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s as a purveyor of classical music recordings. Swoboda made many recordings for Westminster and the Concert Hall record label, including the first commercially available recording of Bruckner's Sixth Symphony. He worked from 1927 to 1931 for Electrola, Berlin and later as conductor for Radio-Prag. He was a Guestprofessor at University of Southern California between 1931 and 1939 and emigrated in 1939 to the United States.

Birth and Death Data: Born Prague (capital city of the Czech Republic), Died August 13, 1990 (Rossinière (municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone BL4206 10-in. 5/24/1928 Wien, Wien, nur du allein Anton Maria Topitz Male vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone BL4207 10-in. 5/24/1928 Im Prater blüh'n wieder die Bäume Anton Maria Topitz Male vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Swoboda, Henry," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109125.

Swoboda, Henry. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109125.

"Swoboda, Henry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109125

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