Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song

WEINGARTNER, Weingartner (Weingartner), Felix von (2 VI 1863, Zadar, Croatia - 7 V 1942, Winterthur) - German conductor, composer and music. writer. According to nat. Austrian. He studied composition with V. A. Remy in Graz (1873-81), with G. Zopf (composition) and O. Paul (fp.) At the Conservatory in Leipzig (1881-83); cultivated under F. Liszt (1883) in Weimar, where (on his recommendation) there was a post. opera V. "Sakuntala" (1884). He worked as an opera and conc. conductor in Klnigsberg, Danzig, Hamburg, Mannheim (1884-91) and in Berlin (1891-98), hands. symph R. Kaim's Orchestra (Kaim Concert) in Munich (1898-03). In 1908-11, the director of the Vienna Opera (successor G. Mahler) and hands. symph Philharmonic concerts (until 1927). After working in Hamburg (1912-14, City Theater) and Darmstadt (1914-19; music director general) he returned to Vienna, where he became director of Nar. the opera (1919-24).Toured abroad.