This internationally renowned German conductor talked exhaustively to his friend Hans Weigel about his life, his musical taste and development, his worldwide travel and performances, and about the creative process itself. He died in 1981.
Karl August Leopold Böhm was an Austrian conductor. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century.
Ganz nettes Geplauder, die Jugendgeschichte blieb mir besser in Erinnerung als die musikalische Praxis. Die deftigeren Anekdoten kamen ohnehin aus Musikerkreisen.