Hermann Scherchen (German conductor and composer)
- Hermann Carl Julius Scherchen
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- Scherchen, Hermann
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- Male
- Date of birth
- 1891-06-21
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Date of death
- 1966-06-12
- Place of death
- Firenze
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Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, followed by works by Richard Strauss, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Edgard Varèse, later Iannis Xenakis, Luigi Nono and Leon Schidlowsky. He usually conducted without using a baton.
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- 2021-10-07