'''Josef Alois Krips''' (born April_8, 1902 in Vienna, died October_13 1974 in Geneva) was an Austrian conductor and Violinist. Krips was a pupil of Eusebius_Mandyczewski and Felix_Weingartner. In 1921 he became Weingartner's assistant at Vienna_Volksoper and chorus master. Afterwards he became conductor of several different orchestras. In 1933 he returned to Vienna as a resident conductor of the Volksoper. He also became a professor at the Vienna_Academy_of_Fine_Arts in 1935. After the Anschluss of 1938 he was forced to leave Austria. Krips moved to Belgrade , where he worked for a time with the local symphony orchestra, until Yugoslavia also became involved in World_War_II. For the remainder of the war he worked in a food factory. Upon his return to Austria at the end of the war in 1945 Krips was one of the few conductors who were allowed to work, since he had not worked under the Nazi regime. He was the first conductor to lead the Vienna_Philharmonic and the Salzburg_Festival in the post-war period. From 1950 to 1954 Krips was principal conductor of the London_Symphony_Orchestra. Afterwards he led the Buffalo_Philharmonic_Orchestra and the San_Francisco_Symphony_Orchestra. He made his Covent_Garden debut in 1963 and his Metropolitan_Opera in 1966, becoming a frequent guest conductor from then on. In 1970, he became conductor of the Deutsche_Oper in Berlin. Between 1970 and 1973, he was the principal conductor of the Vienna_Symphony_Orchestra. In 1960, Krips recorded Beethoven's nine Symphonies for Everest_Records. For this set of recordings, Krips conducted the London_Symphony_Orchestra, and - for Beethoven's_9th_symphony - the soloists included Donald_Bell, Baritone, Jennifer_Vyvyan, Soprano, Rudolf_Petrak, Tenor, and Shirley_Carter (later known as Shirley_Verrett), Mezzo_soprano. The BBC_Chorus, under the chorusmaster Leslie_Woodgate also performed in this recording of the 9th Symphony. This series of recordings was popular with music critics and the public, and the recordings have been reissued several times in authorized and in bootleg editions. He died in 1974. {{start box}} {{succession box | title=Principal Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra | before=Hamilton_Harty | years=1950–1954 | after=Pierre_Monteux }} {{succession box | title=Music Director, San Francisco Symphony | before=Enrique_Jordá | years=1963–1970 | after=Seiji_Ozawa }} {{succession box | title=Principal Conductor, Vienna Symphony Orchestra | before=Wolfgang_Sawallisch | years=1970–1973 | after=Carlo_Maria_Giulini }} {{end box}} ==External links== *Page on Krips at Allmusic.com *Josef Krips discography *Page on Krips' life and work at Sonybmgmasterworks.com *Color photograph of Krips conducting *Krips' letter of farewell to members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Krips, Josef Krips, Josef De:Josef_Krips Fr:Josef_Krips He:יוזף_קריפס Nl:Josef_Krips {{Austria-bio-stub}} {{conductor-stub}} {{bowed-musician-stub}}