Born in Vienna, May 4, 1860
Died in Berlin, Aug 2, 1945
- Reznicek was an Austrian conductor and composer who held theater, military and conservatory appointments at different stages of his life.
- Reznicek was a late Romantic, tonal composer. In 1932 he and Richard Strauss founded an organization to support tonal composition, but Reznicek left in 1942 when the Nazis tried to co-opt the group.1
Sources
- Suzanne L. Moulton-Gertig, “Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus von,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed December 11, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000023308.