Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Hugo Burghauser, 1980Biographical NoteMusician
Scope and ContentsMember of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 1933-1938: effects of economic and political crises, introduction of guest conductors; Nazi invasion of Austria, 1938; flight to Hungary and later to Canada; teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, 1938-1941; emigration to United States; member, National Broadcasting Corporation orchestra, 1941-1943; awards and publications
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