Grishkat, Hans (Adolf Karl Willy), German
Grishkat, Hans (Adolf Karl Willy), German
Grishkat, Hans (Adolf Karl Willy), German conductor and pedagogue; b. Hamburg, Aug. 29, 1903;d. Stuttgart, Jan. 10, 1977. He studied at the Univ. of Tubingen and at the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart. In 1924 he organized the Reutlingen Chorale. In 1931 he formed the Swabian Chorale, and in 1936 the Grishkat Chorale in Stuttgart, gaining a fine reputation as a choral conductor in Germany. From 1945 to 1950 he led the Swabian Sym. Orch. in Reutlingen. In 1946 he was appointed instructor of choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart. From 1968 until his death he led the orch. conducting classes there.
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