Anton Nowakowski
Anton Nowakowski was a German organist, conductor and composer.Biography
Born in Langenau near Danzig, Anton Nowakowski was a pupil of Alexander von Zemlinsky and Fidelio F. Finke in Prague, in Vienna as well as in organ by Karl Straube in Leipzig and in Berlin. From 1921 to 1927 he worked as an organist at the Emmaus Monastery and as a conductor of the German University in Prague. From 1927 to 1934 he worked at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. Since 1936 he was Kapellmeister in Berlin and Danzig, then from 1941 to 1945 professor at the German University of Music in Prague. From 1948 Nowakowski was a professor of organ playing and director of the Department of Catholic Church Music at the University of Music in Stuttgart and guested as a conductor with famous orchestras throughout Europe. He was a sought-after organ interpreter of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger and Johann Nepomuk David.
Anton Nowakowski died in Stuttgart on 3 January 1969.
