some marks on Erich Wolfgang Korngold, whose precocious Sinfonietta is dedicated to Weingartner, who conducted its first performance. His Third Symphony was intended both as a message of love to Lucille Marcel and a reply to the many critical attacks on him in Vienna; the finale reaches a climax in a parody of the waltz from Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus. Similarly, he managed to finish his Fifth Symphony in time for Roxo Betty's birthday, a trend in romantic attachment which may attract at least passing notice, for he was thus a very dedicated bridegroom in his deployment of manuscript paper. Weingartner edited, with Charles Malherbe, the complete works of Hector Berlioz (he once called Berlioz the "creator of the modern orchestra") as well as the operas Joseph by Méhul and Oberon by Weber, and individual works of Gluck, Wagner and others. He also made orchestral versions of piano works such as Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata, Weber's Invitation to the Dance, and Bizet's Variations chromatiques. Before Brian Newbould's more recent work, in 1934, he made a performing version of Schubert's Symphony No. 7 in E major, D. 729, that has received some performances and recordings; he also arranged works by a number of early Romantic masters for orchestral performance. Writings and interests Weingartner was early interested in the occult, astrology, and Eastern mysticism, which influenced his personal philosophy and his music to some extent. He was himself a prolific writer who published a poetical drama, Golgotha, in 1908. He wrote copiously on music drama, on conducting, on the symphony since Beethoven, on the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann as well as on art and esoteric subjects. Two collections of essays were Musikalische Walpurgisnacht (1907) and Akkorde (1912). He also published an autobiography, Lebenserinnerungen in 1923. References Bibliography External links Felix Weingartner biography Felix Weingartner String Quartet Nos.1 & 3, Opp.24 & 34 sound-bites and discussion of works 1863 births 1942 deaths 19th-century male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Austrian conductors (music) 20th-century Austrian male musicians Austrian Romantic composers Austrian male classical composers Austrian opera composers Austrian classical pianists Composers from Graz Edlers of Austria Male opera composers Male conductors (music) Male classical pianists Musicians from Zadar Opera managers Pupils of Salomon Jadassohn Pupils of Wilhelm Mayer (composer) Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists String quartet composers University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni