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Updated: November 23, 2004



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The 5th Wilhelm Furtwängler-Tage takes place in Jena on November 18-21, 2004. For more information, see 5. Wilhelm Furtwängler-Tage.

An updated list of broadcasts of performances conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler between 1932 and 1954 has been added to Radio and TV Programmes in the subject section

A new Furtwängler society The Wilhelm Furtwängler Centre of Japan has been established under the patronage of Mrs. Elisabeth Furtwängler in October 2003. Their home page is available in English, French as well as Japanese. One of their main aims is to produce CDs for their members in the best possible sound quality, i.e. as close as possible to the sound of the original recordings. These CDs are issued in their Hallmark Collection.

The much discussed American broadcast on Wilhelm Furtwängler by Lee Schipper in October 2003 can be listened to here - go to the bottom of the opened link to the programme entitled Hitler's conductor.

March 2003 saw the publication of a mammoth biography (in German) of Wilhelm Furtwängler:

Haffner, Herbert: Furtwängler / Herbert Haffner. - Berlin : Parthas Verlag, 2003. - 494 p. : ill. - (Arte Edition). - ISBN 3-932529-45-6 : EUR 38.00.

The publisher's note for Herbert Haffner's new book reads:

»Die biografische Auseinandersetzung mit Wilhelm Furtwängler geschieht oft in Extremen: Je nach dem Standpunkt des Autors wird er moralisierend als politischer Opportunist, ja Parteigänger der Nazis dargestellt oder bewundernd als Retter der Verfolgten eines Gewaltregimes, dem er aktiv Widerstand leistete. In einem Punkt aber ist man sich einig: Er war einer der grössten Dirigenten, die je gelebt haben.
Herbert Haffner setzt Furtwänglers Fama mit der Realität in Beziehung und entdeckt den Menschen hinter dem Mythos. Nach umfangreichen Quellenstudien und Gesprächen mit Zeitzeugen kann er eine grosse Zahl tradierter Irrtümer korrigieren und kommt zu vielen neuen Erkenntnissen über Furtwängler als Familienvater, über seine Beziehungen zur Münchner Bohème, sein Verhältnis zum Musikwissenschaftler Heinrich Schenker oder den von Hitler verhinderten Versuch, in Salzburg ein "Anti-Bayreuth" aufzubauen, um nur einige Beispiele zu nennen.
Da der Autor die zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergründe einbezieht, entsteht nicht nur er Musiker-Buch, sondern eine deutsche Biografie verknüpft mit vier politischen Systemen.
Im Anhang findet sich ein ausführliches Literaturverzeichnis sowie eine Diskografie.«

Parts of the Japanese Wilhelm Furtwängler Society home page is now available in English - you'll have to click on links in Japanese to find the English pages.

The new French Furtwängler Society home page is available at Société Wilhelm Furtwängler home page - Enjoy!

A substantial biography of Wilhelm Furtwängler is found in Peter Gutmann's Classical Notes

Listen to Wilhelm Furtwängler's recordings. Visit the new subject Audio Files in the subject section

Discographic research has been moved to the subject section "Discography - Including Current Research"

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Introduction

In 1970 and 1973 I published two editions of Wilhelm Furtwängler - a discography, at that time considered to be the most complete listings of recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler - the German conductor and composer....
Now I'm trying to collect and classify the most complete list of links to Wilhelm Furtwängler.
When searching these pages you'll have to be aware of the following orthographic differences: Furtwängler, Furtwangler, Furtwaengler, Fürtwangler and Fürtwängler.

Here is a very important link for all those who did not see or hear Furtwängler alive, Wilhelm Furtwängler dirigiert die Wiener Philharmoniker, 1951. This film was shot in the (old) Festspielhaus in Salzburg on August 31, 1951. (The site gives the erroneous date: 1950!)

Don't miss the two important books by René Trémine, published 1997 and available from:
Productions TAHRA, 1 Allée Georges Bizet, F-95870 Bezons, France:

Wilhelm Furtwängler - Concert listing 1906-1954, and:
Wilhelm Furtwängler - A discography

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Links Arranged According to Language

The basic search for links was carried out in November 1997 using the ALTAVISTA searching facilities. About 1,900 links were found forming the basis of the alfabetical section of this site, presenting links arranged according to language. Due to the great number of links in English and German, they were divided into sections each containing about 100-200 links. I have tried to delete all doubles, too.
A general update took place in January 1998.
In March 1998, however, a different algorithm was used for a completely new search of the WWW.
In May 1998 a new update took place, adding about 700 new links.
About 300 new links were added in July 1998.
More than 200 links were added in September 1998.
About 70 new links were added in November 1998.
At the very end of the year 1998, about 20 new links were added.
About 250 new links were added in March 1999.
May 1, 1999, more than 1,500 links were added - including an update covering the search period from January 1 to February 28 (labeled "NEW!!" below).
More than 1,000 links were added in July 1999.
About 130 new links were added in September 1999.
About 140 links were added in November 1999.
More than 300 new links were added in January 2000.
About 500 new links were added in March 2000.
More than 700 new links were added in May 2000.
July 1, 2000: About 1,400 new links were added.
September 1, 2000: 570 new links added - furthermore, some links were added directly to the subject section.
More than 200 new links were added in November 2000.
About 140 new links added in January 2001.
March 1, 2001, more than 375 new links were added.
456 new links were added in May 2001.
More than 50 - very few indeed! - new links were added in July 2001.
A little more than 100 new links were added September 1, 2001.
8 new links were added November 1, 2001.
15 new links were added January 1, 2002.
More than 1,900 new links were added March 3, 2002.
90 new links were added May 1, 2002.
More than 100 new links were added July 1, 2002.
More than 2,800 new links were added September 1, 2002.
About 110 new links were added November 1, 2002.
More than 430 new links were added January 3, 2003.
117 new links were added March 2, 2003.

This section includes all valid links, thus more links may lead to one and the same site.

New links are added every two month.
As far as possible, all links are maintained and updated.
Latest general update: February 28, 2003.

Apart from the English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish pages, these link pages are arranged according to the chronology of the various updates and are headed by the latest update.
The editing is finished when no serial number is shown in front of the links (valid up to February 28, 2001); as from March 1, 2001, editing is finished when no language is shown in the entries.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

As from March 1, 2003 no new links has been added to the Furtwängler pages. The primary reason for that is the explosive growth in the number of Furtwängler links and lack of time to maintain them.
However, instead of closing down the site, I hereby give you the possibility of creating a search for any Furtwängler link you want:

  1. Open ALTAVISTA - advanced search
  2. Insert the following boolean expression excactly as written: Furtwängler OR Furtwangler OR Furtwaengler OR Fürtwangler OR Fürtwängler
  3. Select the time period
  4. Select the language

This search will create a little noise, since it will also include other persons than the conductor/composer Wilhelm Furtwängler.
A search for Fortwängler OR Fortwangler also creates a few usably links.

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Links Arranged According to Subjects

In March 1998, a new general search was carried out to form the basis of the subject section of this site. The subject section presents links arranged according to subjects - and is still progressing... unfortunately, very slowly!
For each subject listed links are arranged according to language.
September 1, 2000: 45 new links were added directly to the subject "Furtwängler Iconography", furthermore 17 links were added directly to the subject "Audio Files".
Latest update as of February 28, 2003.

For each subject listed this section excludes multiple links and includes only one link leading to one and the same site.

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Other Members of the Furtwängler Family

Links to the following members (?) of the Furtwängler family are excluded from this site. The orthography of the websites is given:

A. Furtwangler - 1665 Strand, London, England
A. Furtwängler - Freiburg, Germany
A. Fürtwangler - professor (father)
A. S. Furtwangler - Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Adolf Furtwängler - professor, Dr. (father)
Al Furtwangler - Erie, Michigan, USA
Albert Joseph Furtwangler - professor, Ph.D., USA
Andreas Furtwangler - married 1737, Bachwirtshof, Germany
Andreas Furtwängler - professor, Dr. (son)
Andreas Furtwängler - Löffingen-Göschweiler, Germany
Ann Furtwangler - Annendale, Michigan, USA
Barbara Furtwangler - 1679-1734, Furtwangen, Germany
Barbara Furtwängler - Germany
Bernhard Furtwängler
Beth Furtwangler - Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Brandon Furtwangler - California, USA
Bret Furtwangler - USA
Carin Furtwängler - Ettenheim, Germany
Carl Furtwangler - Parma, Michigan, USA
Carol G. Furtwangler - Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Christian Furtwängler - Germany
Christof Furtwängler - Germany
Conan Furtwangler - USA
Cornelia Furtwängler - Maselheim, Germany
Daniel Furtwängler - Furtwangen, Germany
Dave Furtwangler - Oregon, USA
David Furtwaengler
David Furtwängler - Wien, Austria
Diane Furtwangler – Monroe, Michigan, USA
Elisabeth Furtwängler - (2nd wife)
Eppelheimer, Furtwangler & Kilsdonk - Westford, Massachusetts, USA
Erika Alice Furtwaengler
F. Furtwangler - film director
F. J. Furtwängler
Félix Furtwangler
Félix Furtwängler
Felix Martin Furtwängler - Germany
Ferdinand Furtwangler - b. 1850
Florian Furtwängler - Germany
Frank Furtwaengler - Konstanz, Germany
Frank Furtwängler - Konstanz, Germany
Franz Furtwängler - b. June 12, 1894, Vöhrenbach, Schwarzwald, Germany
Franz Josef Furtwängler - Germany
Furtwaengler & Steinland - Ludwigshafen, Germany
Frau Furtwängler-Fritz - Freiburg, Germany
Furtwängler, Graefe und Partner GmbH - München, Germany
Furtwängler und Hammer - Hannover, Germany
Gebr. Bühler Nachfolger Furtwängler GmbH & Co. KG - Triberg-Nürnberg, Germany
Gerhard Furtwängler - Beverstedt, Germany
Gise Furtwängler - Germany
Günter Furtwängler - Germany
Hans Furtwängler - Germany
Hildegard Furtwängler - Göttingen, Germany
Ilse Furtwängler - Germany
Irene Furtwängler - Germany (?)
J. Furtwaengler - Hamburg, Germany
J. Furtwängler - Germany (?)
Jan Furtwangler - Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jane E. Furtwangler - Green Valley, Arizona, USA
Jared Furtwangler - Williston, North Dakota, USA
Jill Furtwangler - San Francisco, USA
Joseph Furtwängler - Delémont, Switzerland
Judith Furtwangler - married 1817, Furtwangen, Germany
Judith Furtwängler - Grenzach, Germany
Judy Furtwangler - Parma, Michigan, USA
Jürgen Ph. Furtwängler - Hamburg, Germany
Karin Furtwangler - Germany
Karin Furtwängler - München, Germany
Karl-Heinz Furtwängler - Germany
Klaus W. Furtwängler - Göttingen, Germany
Larissa Furtwaengler - Germany (?)
Lars Furtwängler - Germany (?)
Leonard Furtwängler - (Fictitious!)
Lorenz Furtwängler - Furtwangen, Germany
Lorenz Furtwängler & Söhne - Furtwangen, Germany
Lorenz Furtwangler and Son - Furtwangen, Germany
M. Ann Furtwangler - Annendale, Michigan, USA
Maerit Furtwaengler - Germany (sister)
Manfred Furtwängler - Hartheim, Germany
Manfred Furtwängler - Löffingen-Göschweiler, Germany
Manuel Furtwängler - Mannheim, Germany
Margot Furtwaengler - Boetzingen, Germany
Maria Furtwängler - actress, Germany
Maria Furtwängler-Burda - Dr., Germany
Marianne Furtwängler - Germany
Marion Furtwängler-Fritz - Freiburg (?), Germany
Mark Furtwängler - Triberg, Germany
Markus Furtwängler - Germany
Martin Furtwängler - Germany
Melanie Furtwängler - Böblingen, Germany
Michael Furtwangler - Parma, Michigan, USA
Miss Furtwangler - Canton, Cardiff, Wales
Nancy Furtwangler - USA
Nina Furtwaengler
Petra Furtwängler - Konstanz, Germany
Phil Furtwängler - Germany (?)
Philip Fürtwangler - Germany
Philipp Furtwängler - matematician, Germany/Austria
Philipp Furtwängler & Sohn - Elze, Germany
R. R. "Dick" Furtwangler - Yuma, Arizona, USA
Ralf Furtwängler - Dipl.-Ing., Germany
Ralph Furtwängler
Robert (Mona) Furtwangler - USA
Rolf Furtwaengler - teacher, Germany
Rosa Furtwängler - Unterkirnach, Germany
Ryan Furtwangler - Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
S. Loeben-Furtwängler - Germany
Shari Furtwangler - Lebanon, Oregon, USA
Sheila Furtwangler - Port Townsend, Washington, USA
Silvia Furtwängler - Germany
Steve Furtwangler - Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Susanne Loeben-Furtwängler - Germany
Thomas Furtwangler - Seattle, Washington, USA
Tobias Furtwängler - Furtwangen, Germany
Tom Furtwangler - Seattle, Washington, USA
Viola Furtwangler - USA
Virginia Walsh Furtwangler - Ph.D., Canada
W. Furtwängler - Germany (?)
W. Furtwängler [= Walter Furtwängler] - (brother)
Wilhelm Furtwängler - Dr. Med., Kufstein, Austria
William Furtwangler - Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Wilma Furtwangler - USA
Wolfgang Furtwängler - Teningen, Germany

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