Franz Schalk (born 27 May 1863 in Vienna, died 3 September 1931 in Edlach, Austria) was an Austrian conductor. May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... See Conductor for other possible uses of the word. ...

He studied under composer Anton Bruckner. From 1900 he was first kappellmeister of the Vienna Court Opera. Between 1904 and 1921 he was head of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde of Vienna. Anton Bruckner Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper), located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important opera companies in Europe. ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Society for the Friends of Music was founded in 1812 by Joseph von Sonnleithner, the Secretary for Court Theatre in Vienna. ...

From 1918 to 1929 he was music director of the Vienna State Opera (between 1919 and 1924 this post was shared jointly with Richard Strauss). Later, Schalk was involved in the establishment of the Salzburg Festival. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper), located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important opera companies in Europe. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... The Salzburg Festival is a prominent music festival in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ...

His most famous quote is "Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."

Today Schalk is most famous for his work popularizing and revising the symphonies of his teacher Bruckner. He gave the premiere of Bruckner's Fifth Symphony in 1894, but in a version much affected by cuts and changes, most of which are thought to have been made without Bruckner's approval. The ailing composer was too sick to attend the premiere. Schalk's version of the Fifth Symphony was the one chosen for first publication and was the only version heard by audiences for almost forty years. The Symphony No. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Schalk also influenced revisions by Bruckner of his Third, Seventh and Eighth symphonies. In each case the version influenced by Schalk was the first published version. Anton Bruckners Symphony No. ... Anton Bruckners Symphony No. ... Anton Bruckners Symphony No. ...

While many critics have attacked Schalk for his alterations to the original versions of Bruckner's works, others have pointed out that without his popularizing work Bruckner's music might have remained unknown. The conductor Leon Botstein is a prominent advocate of Schalk's versions of Bruckner's music. Leon Botstein, as photographed during a February 2004 interview with WXBC Radio Bard. ...

Schalk was also involved in the production of the first published edition of Mahler's Tenth Symphony, where he was again accused of tampering with the text. Mahler refers to: Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel, or Alma Maria Schindler-Mahler Anna Mahler Arthur Mahler, Austrian archeologist Bruce Mahler, actor David Mahler, composer Eduard Mahler, Austrian astronomer; born in Hungary Gustav Mahler, Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor Halfdan T. Mahler, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from... The Symphony No. ...

Some of Schalk's work as a conductor has been preserved and is available on CD.

Schalk gave the premiere of Richard Strauss's opera Die Frau ohne Schatten in 1919. Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) is an opera by Richard Strauss with a libretto by Hugo von Hoffmansthal. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Links

• Biographical details
• An article about Bruckner, written from a pro-Schalk viewpoint
• Available recordings