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Salzburg
Salzburg , province (1991 pop. 482,365), c.2,760 sq mi (7,150 sq km), W central Austria, bordering Germany in the north and northwest. It is a predominately mountainous region, with parts of the Hohe Tauern Mts. and Salzburg Alps, and is drained by the Salzach River. There are famous salt deposits t... Read more
Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival annual festival of music and drama held in Salzburg, Austria, for five weeks starting in late July. The festival may be considered a descendant of the Salzburg Music Festival Weeks that the Vienna Philharmonic gave irregularly between 1877 and 1910. After World War I several leadi... Read more
Hallein
Hallein , town (1991 pop. 17,271), in Salzburg prov., W Austria, on the Salzach River, near the former West German border. It is a spa and has a noted marble industry. Manufactures include shoes, cosmetics, and tobacco products. An ancient Celtic settlement, Hallein was first mentioned in the 13th c... Read more
Ludwig von Schwanthaler
Ludwig von Schwanthaler , 1802-48, German sculptor. Though he was a neoclassicist, his later works were more in the romantic manner and devoted to themes that appealed to the growing national sentiment. Overwhelmed by commissions for monuments and large decorative sculptures for the new palace, the ... Read more
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Hugo von Hofmannsthal , 1874-1929, Austrian dramatist and poet. His first verses were published when he was 16 years old, and his play The Death of Titian (1892, tr. 1913) when he was 18. His varied gifts as poet and as dramatist are shown in his librettos for Richard Strauss, including Elektra ... Read more
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf , 1912-93, American conductor, b. Vienna. Leinsdorf studied at the Vienna state academy of music and in 1934 began his conducting career, serving as assistant to Bruno Walter and then to Toscanini at the Salzburg festival. He made his New York debut as an assistant conductor at the M... Read more
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach , 1656-1723, the leading Austrian baroque architect. After studying in Rome he returned to Vienna. In 1705 he was appointed imperial court architect. His early works, exuberant examples of the high baroque, include his redecoration of the mausoleum of Ferdinand II ... Read more
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka , 1886-1980, Austrian expressionist painter and writer. After teaching at the art academy in Dresden (1920-24), Kokoschka traveled extensively in Europe and N Africa. In 1937 his works were removed from German galleries by the Nazis, who considered his work degenerate. He moved to Lo... Read more
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus , 1493?-1541, Swiss physician and alchemist. His original name was Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. He traveled widely, acquiring knowledge of alchemy, chemistry, and metallurgy, and although his egotism and his contempt for traditional theories earned him the enmi... Read more
Bruno Walter
Bruno Walter 1876-1962, German-American conductor, b. Berlin as Bruno Walter Schlesinger. Walter studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. After he had conducted in several German cities, Gustav Mahler appointed him (1901) assistant conductor of the Vienna State Opera, where he remained until 19... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Salzburg"

Salzburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Salzburg , province (1991 pop. 482,365...with parts of the Hohe Tauern Mts. and Salzburg Alps, and is drained by the Salzach River...province's capital and chief city is Salzburg (1991 pop. 143,978), an industrial...
Salzburg Expulsion
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World SALZBURG EXPULSION SALZBURG EXPULSION. On 11 November 1731 Leopold Anton von Firmian, the Catholic archbishop of Salzburg (reigned 1727 – 1744), ordered the expulsion of all...
Salzburg Festival
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Salzburg Festival annual festival of music and drama held in Salzburg, Austria, for five weeks starting in late July. The festival may be considered a descendant of the Salzburg Music Festival Weeks that the Vienna Philharmonic gave...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Mozart was born on Jan. 27, 1756, in Salzburg. His father, Leopold Mozart, a noted...then in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg. Together with his sister, Nannerl...styles and tastes across the Continent. Salzburg and Italy, 1766-1773 From his tenth...
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Amadeus Mozart Born: January 27, 1756 Salzburg, Austria Died: December 5, 1791 Vienna...Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. His father, Leopold Mozart...then in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg. Leopold and Anna Maria, his wife...
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (17561791)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...music. Born in the archbishopric of Salzburg, a territory of the Holy Roman Empire...bookbinder, became a musician at the Salzburg court in 1739 and in 1763 secured an...talents than what was then available in Salzburg. Mozart failed to secure a permanent...
Johann Michael Rottmayr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Rottmayr born in Laufen, a small town near Salzburg, on Dec. 10, 1654, probably learned...the service of the prince-bishop of Salzburg, Johann Ernst Graf Thun, who favored...Bernhard Fischer von Erlach began in Salzburg. Rottmayr painted altarpieces and frescoes...
Kramer, Heinrich (ca. 1430-1505)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...inquisitor for the districts of Tyrol, Salzburg, Bohemia, and Moravia. He received praise from Rome and from the archbishop of Salzburg, becoming spiritual director of the Dominican church in Salzburg. In 1484 Pope Innocent VIII was responsible...
Austria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Austrian Alps, Kärnten, and Salzburg city, and the attractions of Vienna...auml;nder ) are Vorarlberg , Tyrol , Salzburg , Carinthia , Styria , Upper Austria...There are universities in Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz, Klagenfurt, Leoben...
von Karajan, Herbert
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Studied Piano from Young Age The son of Salzburg's chief medical officer, von Karajan...Karajan embarked on piano studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum but temporarily switched to...for five years but often returned to Salzburg to conduct orchestral performances there...

Dictionary entries related to "Salzburg"

Virgilius of Salzburg, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Virgilius of Salzburg, St ( c. 700–84...for some years governed the diocese of Salzburg without becoming bishop. St Boniface...however, consecrated to the see of Salzburg in 755 or 767. He secured the conversion...
Salzburg Festival
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Salzburg Festival. Fest. held annually in Austrian town where Mozart was born. Mus. coll. known as Mozarteum est. there 1880. In...
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus ] ( b Salzburg, 1756; d Vienna, 1791). Austrian...Kapellmeister to Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Mozart showed exceptional musical precocity...Switzerland, the Mozart family returned to Salzburg in Nov. 1766. Further visits to Vienna...
Karajan, Herbert von
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Karajan, Herbert von ( b Salzburg, 1908; d Anif, Salzburg, 1989). Austrian conductor. Début Salzburg Landestheater 1927 in Fidelio . Cond. Ulm Opera 1929–34; Aachen 1934–42; Berlin State Opera 1938...
Paumgartner, Bernhard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Paumgartner, Bernhard ( b Vienna, 1887; d Salzburg, 1971). Austrian conductor, composer...but became one of leading organizers of Salzburg Fest., often conducting there. Comp...Hofmannsthal's Jedermann , 1920. Dir. Salzburg Mozarteum 1917–38, 1945...
Der Engel mit der Posaune
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...3370 meters. Released 19 August 1948 in Salzburg, Austria. Producer: Karl Ehrlich...people in the American occupation zone in Salzburg, Austria, could witness the premiere...reviving the theaters, operas, and the Salzburg festival. He also took part in the de...
Hager, Leopold
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Hager, Leopold ( b Salzburg, 1935). Austrian conductor and organist. Opera...5, Freiburg 1965–9. Prin. cond. Salzburg Mozarteum Orch. 1969–81. Salzburg Fest. début 1954 (as org.). Cond...
Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...afterwards he developed the theme in his three Salzburg churches. At the elliptical Dreifaltigkeitskirche...have been influenced by Zuccalli 's Salzburg churches. Then came the Kollegienkirche...Borromini are again apparent). While in Salzburg he designed the exquisite high-altar...
Végh, Sándor (Alexandre)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Düsseldorf 1962–79, Salzburg from 1971. Dir., Vegh Chamber Orch. 1968...Orch. of Marlboro Fest. 1974–7, Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata from 1979. Salzburg Fest. début 1973 (chamber concert...
Schuh, Oscar Fritz
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Schuh, Oscar Fritz ( b Munich, 1904; d Salzburg, 1984). Ger. director and administrator...Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 1962–8. Salzburg Fest. début as prod. 1946...and Strauss in Munich, Vienna, and Salzburg.

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Autodesk Announces Salzburg, Austria, as First Pilot City of Its Digital Cities Initiative.
PR Newswire; 7/8/2008; 700+ words ; City to Work with Autodesk and Salzburg University's Center of Geoinformation...announced it will be working with the city of Salzburg, Austria, as the first pilot city in...announcement was made with the Mayor of Salzburg at the AGIT 2008 conference in Salzburg...
'Via Salzburg Takes Your Breath Away'; Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra invites Coco Trivisonno, Bandoneon Player on stage, along with Argentine Tango Dancers Faye Lavin and Bryant Lopez of Tango Soul Productions.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 2/24/2009; 700+ words ; ...2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra invites Coco Trivisonno...that will take your breath away. Via Salzburg will also be performing the extraordinary...Archimedes Codex, commissioned by Via Salzburg SUK Serenade for Strings in E-flat...
UEFA EURO 2008(TM): - Salzburg 2008 - Football Festival for Europe!
PR Newswire Europe; 2/28/2008; 700+ words ; SALZBURG, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The countdown...Attractive holiday packages, the new Salzburg Fan Card - a unique all-inclusive card...football experience in the state of Salzburg to perfection! The preparations for UEFA...
Orchestral Music in Salzburg: 1750-1780.
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; Information concerning Salzburg's eighteenth-century musical past...volumes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Salzburg symphonies recorded by Christopher...fifteen symphonies by less famous Salzburg composers in The Symphony: 1720...
Salzburg: the American connection.
Magazine article from: Europe; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; "Salzburg has a strong American connection," says...Gasteiger, vice-governor of the province of Salzburg. In his office overlooking a prominent...Gasteiger relates the importance of Salzburg being occupied by American forces after...
Salzburg: The sounds of music.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the domes, spires and battlements of Salzburg herald one of Europe's richest treasure...heritage than any other place of its size. Salzburg's very name reminds us of its earliest...loads of salt brought great wealth to Salzburg's rulers: wealth which was used to...
Via Salzburg Gets Plucked; Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra invites Lutenist Lucas Harris on stage. Performance includes commissioned Canadian composer Justin Mariner's 'Bottlebush Down'.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 12/12/2008; 700+ words ; ...2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra invites Toronto based...Bottlebush Down' was commissioned by Via Salzburg in 2006 and will be performed once again...Three Violins in D Major - BWV 1064 Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra invites Lutenist Lucas...
In Salzburg, music wafts through a very Catholic city.(Salzburg, Austria)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 11/6/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Americans of a certain age, enduring images of Salzburg came to them via "The Sound of Music," Hollywood...center for the region's rich salt deposits (Salzburg means "Salt City"). But Salzburg today depends on tourists, not "white gold...
Salzburg, Austria Is Autodesk Digital Initiative First Pilot City.
Magazine article from: Entertainment Close-up; 7/13/2008; 694 words ; ...ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 July 2008-Salzburg, Austria Is Autodesk Digital Initiative...announced it will be working with the city of Salzburg, Austria, as the first pilot city in...announcement was made with the Mayor of Salzburg at the AGIT 2008 conference in Salzburg...
48 HOURS IN Salzburg
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/7/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...far fewer tourists than in summer, and Salzburg's rococo skyline looks especially pretty...salzburgbiennale.at). TOUCH DOWN Fly to Salzburg's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart airport...Trolleybus 2 (00 43 800 660 660; salzburg-ag.at) leaves Salzburg airport every...