Hermann Abendroth [SEP] cause of death
Music Festival. From 1953 to 1956 he conducted Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin).
Ironically, such new celebrity status of Abendroth awoke suspicion about his new political affinity, and some locations of West Germany banned his presentations -such as in Düsseldorf- and the release of Abendroth's records on the Eterna label was quite limited in Western Europe.
Death.
Hermann Abendroth died of a stroke, during a surgical procedure, in Jena, on 29 May 1956. A state funeral was then granted for him.
Hermann Abendroth
Hermann Paul Maximilian Abendroth (19 January 1883 – 29 May 1956) was a German conductor.
Early life.
Abendroth was born on 19 January 1883, at Frankfurt, the son of a bookseller. Several other members of the family were artists in diverse disciplines.
After finishing his school studies at the "Frankfort Gymnasium", Abendroth traveled to Munich and at the wish of his father undertook the first year of an apprenticeship as a , but he then switched to studying music at the conservatory of