1. Max Deutsch was an Austrian-French composer, conductor, and academic teacher.
10 Facts About Max Deutsch
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Max Deutsch studied with Arnold Schoenberg and was his assistant.
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Max Deutsch studied under him in Vienna before the First World War; and followed Schoenberg as his assistant to Amsterdam in 1921.
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Max Deutsch was a Fellow and taught at UNESCO, and taught at the Sorbonne from 1970 to 1971, and finally, from 1972 to the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.
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Max Deutsch founded in Paris the theater, where many works of composers such as Schonberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg were first performed.
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From 1940 to 1945, Max Deutsch served in the French Foreign Legion.
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Max Deutsch formed long lasting friendships with Georges Bernanos and Jean Cassou.
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Max Deutsch was close to Tristan Tzara, Jean Cocteau and Vladimir Jankelevitch.
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Max Deutsch's brother was Frederick Dorian ; they both studied under Schoenberg in Vienna.
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In late 2013, a recording of Max Deutsch conducting the Suisse Romande Orchestra in a performance of three "master works" by Arnold Schoenberg was released.