Name Carlo Taube Role Composer | Died 1944, Oswiecim, Poland | |
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Carlo Sigmund Taube (born July 4, 1897 in Galicia, died October 1, 1944 in Auschwitz-Birkenau) was a pianist, composer, conductor, and victim of the Holocaust.
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- Carlo taube ein j disches kind leila bowie soprano david lisker violin paul dykstra piano
- Ein judisches kind a jewish child carlo taube 1897 1944 and erika taube 1913 1944
- Life
- Works
- References
Ein judisches kind a jewish child carlo taube 1897 1944 and erika taube 1913 1944
Life
Carlo Taube was born in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. He studied music in Vienna with Ferruccio Busoni and earned a living by performing in cafes in Vienna, Brno and Prague. Taube, his wife Erika and their child were deported from Prague to the Terezín (Theresienstadt) ghetto on December 10, 1941. In April 1942, he conducted the first orchestra performance in the Terezín Magdeburg caserne, premiering his own Terezín Symphony. Taube gave a number of solo concerts and conducted the Terezín band and orchestra. He also performed in the café. Carlo and Erika Taube and their child were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau about October 1, 1944, where they all died.
Works
Taube composed several pieces in Terezín in addition to the Terezín Symphony. These include: