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Clean & Clear. Both Von Karajan brothers were regarded as prodigies in their youth and studied at Salzburg's famed Mozarteum. But after graduation, Herbert took up conducting; Wolfgang studied electronics, went on to become both inventor and manufacturer of electromedical instruments. So successful was Wolfgang that today, despite Herbert's astronomical concert and recording fees, Wolfgang is the more prosperous...
Schuman immediately enrolled in a music school, later went off to study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, eventually worked under Contemporary Composer Roy Harris. At the age of 34, Schuman, still a veritable novice, was appointed head of staid old Juilliard. Said an apprehensive trustee: "This will either be the greatest thing that ever happened to Juilliard or the most colossal error of our collective lives...
Teaching & Money-Raising. Because Oberlin is keyed to the demands of graduate schools, curriculum experiments are few (one enterprising exception: sending the entire junior class of Oberlin's top-ranked Conservatory of Music to study for a year at Salzburg's Mozarteum). A weakness : an almost interminable list of required courses, which tends to prevent a student from exploring deeply any subject except his major. The faculty is well-paid ($4,700-$12,500), deliberately weighted toward men who are good teachers first, publishing scholars second. The result -in addition to excellent teaching - is that while professors respected...
Mozart: La Finta Semplice (Dorothea Siedberg, Edith Oravez. George Maran, August Jaresch, Alois Pernerstorfer: the Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum conducted by Bernhard Paumgartner; Epic, 2 LPs). Mozart's first opera here gets a busy but clear-lined first complete performance on records. Child Prodigy Mozart handled Carlo Goldoni's boisterous love plot like a man who has been there before-a breathtaking performance by a twelve-year...
Monthly living expenses in Austria are estimated at $60 and the tutition costs at most universities amount to about $20. Salzburg's International Academy of Fine Arts from July 15 to August 15 and the Mozarteum Academy provide Austria's most notable summer sessions...