Word: sawallisch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...postwar generation of German composers consists principally of Hans Werner Henze and Karlheinz Stockhausen, two talented avantgardists. Among conductors, only Wolfgang Sawallisch stands out. But the articles' authors (Music Instructors Wilhelm Maler, Wolfgang Fortner and Wilhelm Twittenhoff) are most worried by the lack of instrumentalists. Not since World War II has a German contestant won first prize at a major international music competition, while Russia and the U.S., they point out, have virtually a corner on the market...