German conductor, pianist and composer , born August 13, 1869 in Ottensen near Hamburg, German Empire; died June 13, 1939 in Berlin, German Empire. Conducted between ca. 1906 and 1933 for the Lindström Company (Odeon, Parlophon), BEKA, Homocord and other companies. He conducted the first recording of Beethoven's Fifth symphony in 1910.