biography
pronunciation:
[desow]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1894–1979)
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| biography:
| Composer and conductor, born in Hamburg, N Germany. After studies in Berlin, he conducted opera at Cologne from 1919, Mainz from 1923, and the Berlin State Opera from 1925. During the Nazi era he moved to Paris (1933) and the USA (1939). From 1942 he collaborated with Brecht, writing incidental music for Mutter Courage and other plays. Like Brecht, he settled in East Berlin in 1948, and produced the operas Die Verurteilung des Lukullus (text by Brecht), Puntila (text after Brecht), Lanzelot, and Einstein. |
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