Anton Nowakowski (10 February 1897 – 3 January 1969) was a German

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and

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Biography

Born in

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near Danzig, Nowakowski was a pupil of

Alexander von Zemlinsky Alexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky (14 October 1871 – 15 March 1942) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher. Biography Early life Zemlinsky was born in Vienna to a highly diverse family. Zemlinsky's grandfather, Anton ...

and Fidelio F. Finke in Prague (

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), Max Springer in Vienna (

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) as well as in

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in Leipzig and Fritz Heitmann in Berlin. From 1921 to 1927, he worked as an organist at the

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(Prague) and as a conductor of the German University in Prague. From 1927 to 1934 he worked at the

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in Essen. Since 1936 he was

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in Berlin and Danzig, then from 1941 to 1945 professor at the German University of Music in Prague. From 1948 Nowakowski was a professor of organ playing and director of the Department of Catholic Church Music at the University of Music in Stuttgart and guested as a conductor with famous orchestras throughout Europe. He was a sought-after organ interpreter of the works of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University Chu ...

and

Johann Nepomuk David Johann Nepomuk David (30 November 1895 – 22 December 1977) was an Austrian composer. Life and career David was born in Eferding. He was a choirboy in the monastery of Sankt Florian and studied at an episcopal teacher training college in Linz, ...

. Nowakowski died in Stuttgart on 3 January 1969 at the age of 71.

Sources

* ''Großes Lexikon der Musik'', Honegger/Massenkeil, Herder Freiburg 1978

External links

Anton Nowakowski
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Anton Nowakowski – Bach Organ Recital
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Anton Nowakowski plays Johann Sebastian Bach - Passacaglia BWV582 in 1954
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