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German conductor
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Birth:
26 December 1903(Bad Lausick, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany)
Death:
15 September 1973(Bad Reichenhall, Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria)
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Biography
Herbert Albert (26 December 1903, Bad Lausick – 15 September 1973) was a German conductor.
Albert was born in Lausick and died in Bad Reichenhall. After studying with Karl Muck as a pianist he later held a succession of music director positions in Baden-Baden, Stuttgart and Breslau in the 1930s and 1940s. From 1946 to 1948 he was principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He held further positions in Graz and Mannheim.