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| 1880 July 3 | Carl Adolph Schuricht was born at Danzig (Gdansk) into a family of organ builders. |
| His father, Carl Conrath Schuricht was born on 27 January, 1856. He was an organ builder and worked at his father's factory. He died on 9 June, 1880 (3 weeks before his son was born!) when he tried to help an employee fallen into the sea (in the bay of Danzig). His mother, Amanda Ludowika Alwine Wusinowska was a well known Polish Oratorio singer. She didn't remarry after her husband's death.  |
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| 1886 | Began to study piano and violin at the age of 6. |
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| 1891 | Began to compose at the age of 11. |
| He had written the music and the librettos for two operas. | |
| 1895 | Started to conduct at the age of 15. |
| 1901/02 | He got first professional musical job as a choral coach (Korrepetitor) of the Stadttheater of Mainz. |
| (1902) | Won a composition prize from Kuszynski Foundation and a scholarship was awarded him by Franz von Mendelssohn. |
| It allowed him to continue his studies at the Berliner Musikhochschule (der Kgl. Hochschule für Musik in Berlin) under Ernst Rudorff for piano and Engelbert Humperdinck for composition, and later under Max Reger at Leipzig. | |
| His musical compositions were published mostly from Drei-Lilien-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Op.1 | Piano sonata in F minor |
| Op.2 | "Herbst-Stücke" (Opuscules for autumn) for piano and orchestra |
| Op.3 | "Fünf Lieder" (5 Songs) |
| Op.4 | "Drei Präludien" (3 Preludes) for piano |
| 1907/08 | Became Operetten-Kapellmeister of the Zwickau Stadttheater. |
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| 1909 | Appointed to conduct the Rühlschen Oratorienchores (Rühlscher-Gesangverein) of Frankfurt am Main, succeeding Siegfriedd Ochs. |
| He introduced the works of Frederick Delius in Germany. | |
| 1912 | At the age of 31, he was appointed to be the music director of the Städtische Symphonieorchestra of Wiesbaden. |
| 1913 | In September, he courageously conducted the first performance of Mahler's 8th symphony in Wiesbaden |
| (Exactly 3 years after the world premiere in Munich). | |
| 1914 | Invited to conduct in London. |
| Debut at La Scala in May. | |
| 1921 | He directed the Brahms Festival together with Wilhelm Furtwängler. |
| 1923 | He became the general music director of the Städtische Symphonieorchestra of Wiesbaden (until 1944). |
| During his "First German Mahler Festival" in Wiesbaden (13-25 April), he conducted the "Das Lied von der Erde", the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th Symphonies (poster of this festival). | |
| 1927 | He had been in St. Louis. |
| 1930-39 | Conducted the summer symphonic concerts in Scheveningen. |
| 1931 | On January 4, he conducted London Symphony Orchestra for the Special Sunday Concert. |
| 1933 | He was nominated the director of the Berlin Philharmonic Choir. |
| 1934 | He conducted VPO for the first time. |
| 1937-44 | He was a principal guest conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. |
| 1938 | Queen Wilhelmina of Holland endowed him with the Order of Oranje-Nassau. |
| 1943-44 | He was a principal guest conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| 1944 July | He was appointed to be the music director of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| Autumn | He left Germany and stayed in Switzerland on the lake of Geneva. |
| He married with Maria Martha Banz in Zurich. | |
| Started to work with l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. | |
| 1946 | At the re-opening of the Salzburger Festspiele, he conducted VPO. |
| 1948 | Got Bruckner medal in the Netherlands. |
| 1949 | Got international Bruckner medal. |
| His last concert at La Scala on May 21. | |
| 1953 | Became an honorary citizen of Wiesbaden. |
| 1956 | On 15 Jan., Schuricht conducted VPO for Furtwängler-Gedächtnis-Konzert at the Grossen Musikvereinssaal. |
| On 26 Jan., during the Salzburg Mozart Week, Schuricht conducted VPO and impressed the audience greatly. | |
| The program was as follows. |
| W.A.Mozart | Sinfonie in D (KV 181) |
| W.A.Mozart | Konzert für Klavier und Orchester (KV 482) |
| W.A.Mozart | Sinfonie in D "Haffner" (KV 385) |
| Tatjana Nikolajewa (Piano) |
Live recording is available from the International Stiftung Mozarteum (ISM 56/3)
| On the next day, Erich Kleiber, who was willing to take on the first US tour of VPO, died in Zurich. | |
| Committee of VPO decided to ask this 76
year-old conductor to join this particularly important tour with Andre Cluytens. He conducted all of Beethoven's symphonies at the Lyon Festival in June (Newspaper 1, Newspaper 2). Schuricht conducted 12 concerts in total during the US tour. |
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| 10 Dec. | Made a concert for the Human Rights Day at the general assembly of the United Nations, New York. |
| Program of this concert was as follows. |
| Beethoven | Overture"Egmont" |
| Beethoven | Symphony No.7 |
| Mozart | Symphony No.35"Haffner" |
| Mendelssohn | Bartholdy, Scherzo |
| VPO awarded him their Nicolai Medal. | |
| 1957 January | He opened the 17th Vienna Philharmonic Ball with the Blue Danube waltz. |
| He was invited to conduct at the Chicago Symphony Festival at Ravinia. He also appeared as a guest conductor at the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, Massachusetts, the summer residence of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. |
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| 1958 | Awarded one of the first Gold Mahler-Medals from the Gustav-Mahler Society. |
| Jan.14, 15 | Conducted VPO at "Furtwängler Gedächtnis Konzert". |
| After the success of US tour, VPO and Schuricht made another travel project. | |
| In November, he conducted a total of 10 concerts in Switzerland, France, Spain and Bregenz. See the list of concerts. | |
| 1960 July 3 | VPO conferred upon him honorary membership on his 80th birthday. |
| August 14 | Conducted VPO at Salzburger festspiele. |
| A criticism for this concert appeared on Kurier. | |
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| 1961 March 18/19 | Conducted VPO at the Nicolai Concert. |
| August 23 | Conducted VPO at Salzburger Festspiele. |
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| 1962 | During the Vienna Festival Weeks, he conducted VPO for Mozart's Requiem at St. Stephansdom. |
| 1963 April 9 | Conducted London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall. |
| (Weber Overture Oberon, Mozart Symphony No. 40, and Brahms Symphony No. 4). | |
| 1964 Jan.27 | Appeared in London and conducted LSO for Mozart's Haffner symphony and Beethoven's 9th Symphony. |
| Two documents are available. (1, 2) | |
| August 5 | Conducted BPO at Salzburger Festspiele. |
| 1965 | On March 21, he conducted London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall. |
| (Schubert Symphony No. 8, Mahler Kindertotenlieder with Nan Merriman (MS), and Brahms Symphony No. 2). | |
| Two days after, again at the Royal Festival Hall, he conducted LSO (Schubert Symphony No. 8, Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 in A with Gervase de Peyer (Cl.), and Brahms Symphony No. 2). | |
| Last concert with VPO at Salzburger Festspiele. | |
| 1967 Jan.7 | He died at the age of 86 in his home at Corseaux-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. |
| 1967 February 28 | Memorial concert for Carl Schuricht was held at the Großen Kurhaussaal in Wiesbaden. |
| Heinz Wallberg conducted W.A. Mozart's Concerto for Oboe in C major and A. Bruckner's 9th symphony. |
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