Bernhard Paumgartner
Bernhard Paumgartner was an Austrian conductor, composer and musicologist. He is most famous for being Herbert [von Karajan]'s composition teacher at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he recognized his pupil's potential gifts for conducting. Karajan would become a notable conductor. He also taught Vittorio Negri.
Works
- Das Taghorn – Works of minnesingers
- Mozart – Biography
- Franz Schubert. Eine Biographie – Biography. Published in Spain by Alianza Editorial, SA, in 1992, under the title Franz Schubert.
- Bach – Biography
- Mozart – Biography. Published in Spain by Alianza Editorial, SA, in 1991.
- ''Das von der Antike Instrumentelle Ensemble bis zur Gegenwart''
Decorations and awards
- Honorary title of privy councillor
- Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Salzburg
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Salzburg
- Ring of Salzburg
- Naming of Bernhard-Paumgartner-Weg in Salzburg