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Karl Böhm
Acting
28 Aug 1894
† 14 Aug 1981
Graz, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Biography
Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 – 14 August 1981) was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss. Karl Böhm was born in Graz. The son of a lawyer, he studied law and earned a doctorate in this subject before entering the music conservatory in his home town of Graz, Austria. He later enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied under Eusebius Mandyczewski, a friend of Johannes Brahms. In 1917, Böhm became a...
Also Known As
Karl August Leopold Böhm, Prof. Karl Böhm, Prof. Dr. Karl Böhm, Dr. Karl Böhm
















