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German conductor (5 December 1912, Hamburg - 5 August 2005, Seattle), emigrated to America in 1938.

From Seattle Times obituary:
Born in Hamburg on Dec. 5, 1912, Dr. Wolf was the middle child of a prominent Jewish banking family. He studied music with noted composer Heinrich Schenker at the University of Vienna, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1937. Shortly thereafter, his family fled the Nazis and Dr. Wolf ended up in Iowa, where he taught at John Fletcher College. Later he enlisted in the Army, ending up as a translator and communications specialist in the occupation force.

During that time, he conducted Lehar's The Merry Widow and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony in Innsbruck, Austria; in Vienna, he conducted the Tonkünstler Orchestra at one of the world's most famous music theaters, the Musikverein. Under his baton in Vienna, some of the most esteemed singers of the day sang in his performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah.

Dr. Wolf returned to the United States in 1950, becoming music director and a frequently featured conductor for the Remington Records label (he was involved in recording the first stereophonic records in this country). He spent most of the 1960s in Los Angeles, conducting several operas (from Aida to Carmen) for Four Star Television. There he met Ross, the Seattle Opera founding general director, and conductor Henry Holt. They invited Dr. Wolf to join Seattle Opera as assistant, then associate, conductor and chorusmaster. For the next dozen years, he directed Seattle Opera's chorus and conducted operas performed in English, as well as leading many community opera previews.

ALBUMS


Schubert* / Beethoven* / Viennese Symphonic* And Salzburg Festival Orchestras* / Hans Wolf* And H. Arthur Brown*
Unfinished Symphony No.8 In B Minor / Fifth Symphony In C Minor, Opus 67
1956
Beethoven*, The Austrian Symphony Orchestra, Hans Wolf
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op. 67
1953, 10", Mono, Web, Remington, ,
Classical
Mozart*, The Austrian Symphony Orchestra, Hans Wolf
Symphony #35 In D Major (K385) "Haffner"
1953
Brahms*, Hans Wolf (8), The Austrian Symphony Orchestra*
Symphony No. 2 In D Major Op. 75
1952, LP, Remington
Brahms*, The Austrian Symphony Orchestra*, Hans Wolf
Symphony No 2 In D Major Op. 73
1951, LP, Remington, ,
Romantic
César Franck, The Austrian Symphony Orchestra*, Hans Wolf
Symphony In D Minor
1951
Hans Wolf (8), The Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67
1950, 10", Red, Concert Hall, Concert Hall
Beethoven*, The Symphony Orchestra Of The Viennese Symphonic Society*, Hans Wolf
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op. 67
1950
The Austrian Symphony Orchestra* - Hans Wolf*, Beethoven*
"Coriolan" Overture Opus 62 / "Egmont" Overture, Opus 84
7", EP, Red, Remington
Mozart* ‎– Orchestre Symphonique Autrichien*, Hans Wolf
Symphonie N°35 En Ré Majeur "Haffner"
10", Concerteum, ,
Classical
Ludwig van Beethoven, Wiener Symphonisches Orchester*, Hans Wolf
Egmont-Ouvertüre / Coriolan-Ouvertüre
7", EP, Mono, Special Record, Special Record
Haydn* ; Mannheimer National Symphony Orchestra*, Herbert Albert, Hans Wolf
Symphonies #94 And #100, "Surprise" And "Military"