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[[File:Frieder Weissmann (1927).jpg|thumb|Frieder Weissmann (1927)]]
'''Frieder Weissmann''' (23 January 1893<ref>according to Bunz 2016. Different dates are given in Kürschners Musikkalender. 1954 (23 January 1895) and Holmes 1982 (* 1898), vgl. [http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100041387 musicsack.com]</ref> – 4 January 1984) was a German conductor and composer.

== Life and career ==
Weissmann was born in [[Langen, Hesse]]. His civil name was Samuel, which he kept - in the form ''Semy'' or ''Semmy'' - until 1916. After that, he preferred the first name ''Friedrich'' or ''Frieder'' in combination with ''Samuel'', which was soon shortened to ''S.'' before disappearing altogether. In the 1920s, ''Peter'' was added as a third first name. Other surviving stage names are ''Ping-Pong''<ref>in Stengel-Gerigk sp.313</ref> and Marco Ibanez.<ref>Bunz 2016, p. 200f.</ref>

Weissmann grew up in Frankfurt, where his father Ignatz Isidor Weissmann (1863-1939) was [[Hazzan]] of the [[Hauptsynagoge (Frankfurt am Main)|Hauptsynagoge]] from 1894 to 1937. After graduating from the [[Goethe-Gymnasium (Frankfurt am Main)|Goethe Grammar School]], he studied law in Heidelberg for one semester in 1911, then philosophy, art history and music history at the Munich University until 1914. In Heidelberg, he received composition lessons from [[Philipp Wolfrum]], in Munich from [[Walter Braunfels]]. At the outbreak of the First World War, he took the first step towards a conducting career and became [[répétiteur]] under [[Ludwig Rottenberg]] at the [[Frankfurt Opera]] (1914/16). In 1916/17, he was engaged as second ''[[Kapellmeister]]'' at the Stadttheater [[Stettin]]. From 1917 to 1921, he worked as a freelance concert ''kapellmeister'' and répétiteur in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. In all three cities he also appeared as a composer.

In 1920, he was awarded a doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy at Munich University with a dissertation on the composer [[Georg Abraham Schneider]] (1770-1839). This was followed in 1921 by an engagement as répétiteur and conductor at the [[Berlin State Opera]], where he worked under [[Max von Schillings]] and [[Erich Kleiber]] until 1924. At the same time, Weissmann started a years-long close collaboration with the Berlin record company [[Carl Lindström AG]], for whose [[Parlophone|Parlophon]] and [[Odeon Records|Odeon]] brands he musically directed some 2,000 recordings until 1933.<ref>cf. Parlophone/Beka Electric main catalogue 1928/29, {{pp.|40|42}}, [vgl. Parlophon/Beka Electric Hauptverzeichnis 1928/29], {{pp.|40|42}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313061807/http://www.damians78s.co.uk/html/frieder_weissmann.html Diskographie bei Damians 78s Archivierte Kopie (Memento of 13 March 2012 in the Internet Archive)] and choice {{p.|20 pf}}.</ref> In 1924, he moved to the opera house of [[Münster]] as first ''Kapellmeister'' (1924/25), then in the same capacity to the opera house in [[Königsberg]] (1926/27). From 1926 to 1932, he was permanent guest conductor of the [[Dresden Philharmonic]]. From 1930 onwards, there was increased collaboration with radio orchestras in Stuttgart and Hamburg. In 1931, alongside [[Ernst Kunwald]], he became conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the former [[Blüthner Orchestra]], which had merged with the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] in autumn 1932. With the Berlin Philharmonic he was only able to conduct four concerts and record one disc (Overture to Wagner's opera ''[[Rienzi]]'') until January 1933.

In 1929, he married his long-time fiancée, the German soprano [[Meta Seinemeyer]], who, seriously ill with leukaemia, died a few hours after the wedding ceremony. Weissmann had accompanied the singer on all her Parlophon recordings and numerous concerts in Dresden and Berlin.<ref>For a detailed discography of the recordings that soprano Meta Seinemeyer (1895-1929) made for Parlophon and on which Weissmann conducted the accompanying orchestra (''Grosses Opernorchester'' [label]), see Vicki Kondelik [http://www.seinemeyer.com/discography.html seinemeyer.com]. Copyright 2002.</ref><ref>On the Weissmann-Seinemeyer relationship, see also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAomb43gLnQ youtube.com]</ref>

As an artist of Jewish descent, Weissmann also saw his existence directly threatened by the Nazi [[Machtergreifung]] in 1933.<ref>compare: Stengel-Gerigk, {{p.|313}}.</ref> He left Germany in June 1933 for the Netherlands, where he performed with the [[Royal Concertgebouw]] Amsterdam and the [[Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep]] orchestra. This was followed by six-month stays - alternating with the Netherlands - in Argentina from 1934 to 1937, where he gave concerts in [[Buenos Aires]] Radio Splendid and at the [[Teatro Colón]]. It was also in Buenos Aires that Weissmann, who had acquired Argentinian citizenship in 1935, married his second wife Rosita Chevallier-Boutell in 1937.

After making his U.S. debut in late 1937 with the [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra]], he moved his primary residence to New York in 1938, where he caused a stir in the summer of 1939 with a series of open-air concerts with the [[New York Philharmonic]] at the Lewisohn Stadium. He now recorded first with [[Columbia Records]] (among others [[Risë Stevens]]), and from 1945 with [[RCA Victor]] - an association that lasted until around 1950. From 1939 to 1947, Weissmann, who became an American citizen in 1944, conducted the [[New Jersey Symphony Orchestra]] and from 1942 to 1958, the Philharmonic Orchestra of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]].<ref>Bunz 2016.</ref> As successor to [[Artur Rodziński]], he took over the direction of the Orquesta Filarmónica de La Habana in Havana, Cuba, from 1950 to 1953. In parallel to his permanent engagements, Weissmann was very active as a guest conductor in the US, Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver), Mexico and the Netherlands from 1945 onwards. After 1954, he concentrated on Europe and was celebrated there, especially in Italy, e.g. for a cycle of [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]]'s symphonies, which he began as early as the late 1950s and concluded in March 1974 in Florence with a performance of Mahler's Second Symphony.<ref>Bunz 2016, p. 344f.</ref>

Weissmann was a central figure in the German recording industry between 1921 and 1933. He was Lindström's trusted ''house conductor''.<ref>Compare: Hauptverzeichnis 1928/29, where he is attested on {{p.|40}}: ''The conception and execution of the musical material he works on is masterly, his adaptability to the special task of a recording extraordinary.'' The recordings conducted by Dr. Weissmann are distinguished by a very special splendour of colour."</ref> He usually conducted the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, the [[Staatskapelle Berlin]], or an ''ad hoc'' orchestra consisting of members of this orchestra. Weissmann not only collaborated on numerous vocal and operatic recordings with the leading vocal [[Solo (music)|soloists]] of the 1920s such as [[Gitta Alpár]], [[Vera Schwarz]] and [[Richard Tauber]], but also conducted many recordings of purely orchestral music of both serious and light-hearted character. His repertoire was extremely broad and included operetta and light classical music as well as the major works of symphonic literature. Under his direction, numerous first recordings were made, e.g. the first complete recording of all [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s symphonies in 1924/25. Outstanding are his electric recordings of [[Ottorino Respighi|Respighi]]'s ''[[Fountains of Rome (symphonic poem)|Fountains of Rome]]''<ref>[http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=display&oaiid=MGR%2F000043071447&outputformat=displayonly&db=0 on Parlophon P.8523 (mx. 2-21 358/359) and P.8524 (mx. 2-21 360/361)]</ref> and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[1812 Overture]]''.<ref>acoustic on Parlophone P.1654 (mx. 6652, 6621) and P.1655 (mx. 6622, 6623), cf. Main Catalogue 1925/26, {{p.|17}}, and electrically on Odeon O-6603 (xxB.8029, xxB.8030) and O-6604 (xxB.8031, xxB.8032)</ref> He accompanied the cellist [[Emanuel Feuermann]] on [[Max Bruch]]'s ''[[Kol Nidrei (Bruch)|Kol Nidrei]]''<ref>[http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=display&oaiid=MGR%2F000043072285&outputformat=displayonly&db=0 on P.9500 (mx. 2-21 649 and 2-21 650), recorded 27 January 1930]</ref> and the pianists [[Moriz Rosenthal]] and Karol Szreter<ref>born 1899 in Lodz, pupil of [[Egon Petri]], died after an operation in Berlin on 20 March 1933.</ref> on their recordings of [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]<ref>Parlophone P.9559 (mx. 2-21 697) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11 (Chopin), recorded 1 May 1930 [http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=display&oaiid=MGR%2F000043072788&outputformat=displayonly&db=0 (dismarc.org)]</ref> and Beethoven's [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|Piano Concerto No. 4]].<ref>Parlophone P.9061 (mx. 2-8943 and 2-8942), P.1962 (mx. 2-8945 and 2-8946)[http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=display&oaiid=MGR%2F000043067801&outputformat=displayonly&db=0 (dismarc. org)]</ref> Weissmann's American recordings include opera recordings with numerous stars of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] such as [[soprano]]s [[Zinka Milanov]], [[Licia Albanese]], [[Helen Traubel]], [[tenor]] [[Jan Peerce]] and [[baritone]] [[Leonard Warren]], as well as a concerto for viola by [[Henri Casadesus]],<ref>Henri Casadesus (30 September 1879 in Paris - 31 May 1947 in Paris), violinist and music publisher [[Henri Casadesus]]</ref> which had originally been attributed to [[Georg Frideric Handel|Handel]], with [[William Primrose]] and what was probably the first recording of Max Bruch's ''[[Scottish Fantasy]]'', Op. 46 with violinist [[Jascha Heifetz]] as soloist.

Weissmann died on 4 January 1984 in Amsterdam at the age of 90<ref>cf. [http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100041387 musicsack.com] after Frank/Altmann 1936 and supplement to the 1984 necrology (Music Library Association) 1986, {{p.|755}}.</ref> and was buried two days later at Zorgvlied Cemetery alongside Dutch painter [[Carel Willink]], the husband of Weissmann's friend Sylvia Willink, who had died a few months earlier.<ref>Bunz 2016, {{p.|360}}.</ref>

[[File:WillinkWiki3.JPG|thumb|{{center|Frieder Weissmann's grave in Amsterdam's Zorgvlied cemetery}}]]

== Recording ==
DISMARC.org lists 657 entries on Weissmann.<ref>[http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=search&amp;db=0&start=656 vgl]</ref>

* Akustische (Trichter-)Aufnahmen auf Parlophon in Berlin, Dirigent: Frieder Weissmann.
** P.1265 (mx. 5593, 5594)  Franz Schubert, Symphony in B minor, "Unfinished", 1. Allegro moderato
** P.1266 (mx. 5595, 5590) 1. (Schluß), 2.Satz Andante con moto
** P.1267 (mx. 5591, 5592) 2. Andante con moto (Fortsetzung und Schluß)
** P.1420 (mx. 5698, 5699)  Franz Liszt, ''Les Préludes'', symphonische Dichtung I und II
** P.1421 (mx. 5700, 5701)  Franz Liszt, ''Les Préludes'', symphonische Dichtung III und IV
** P.1422 (mx. 5702) Franz Liszt, ''Les Préludes'', symphonische Dichtung V
''Die Rückseite mx. 6133 enthält eine Aufnahme von GMD Eduard Mörike.''

on Parlophon / Beka [etc.] Hauptverzeichnis 1925/26, {{pp.|8|9}}.

* Electric recordings on Parlophon in Berlin, conductor: Frieder Weissmann.

a) Ouvertures:
** P.9049 (mx. 20 086/087 W) ''Don Juan'' (Mozart), Ouverture
** P.9050 (mx. 20 088/089 W) ''Alessandro Stradella'' (v. Flotow), Ouverture
** P.9051 (mx. 20 098/099 W) ''Mignon'' (Thomas), Ouverture
** P.9074 (mx. 20 100/101 W) ''Martha'' (v. Flotow), Ouverture
** P.9088 (mx. 20 150/151 W) ''Das Nachtlager vor Granada'' (K. Kreutzer), Ouverture
** P.9089 (mx. 29 171/172 W) ''Die weiße Dame'' (Boeldieu), Ouverture
** P.9103 (mx. 20 173/174 W) ''Die Italienerin in Algier'' (Rossini), Ouverture

b) Symphonic music:
** P.9072 (mx. 20 146/147 W) ''Wellingtons Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria'' (L. van Beethoven, op. 91) 1.part (2 Plattenseiten)
** P.9073 (mx. 20 148/149 W) dto., 2. part (2 Plattenseiten)
** Symphonie c-dur (Jenaer Symphonie), also ''eine unbekannte Jugendsymphonie Beethovens'' entitles - after old parts of the ''Academic Concert'' in Jena arranged for performance and edited by Fritz Stein.
** P.9119 (mx. 20 175 W) 1. Satz, 1. part Adagio - Allegro vivace / (mx. 20 176 W) 1.Satz, 2 Teil Allegro vivace
** P.9120 (mx. 20 177/178 W) 3.Satz Adagio cantabile
** P.9188 (mx. 20 536/537 W) 3.Satz Menuetto - Maestoso und Finale (Allegro)
** P.9206 (mx. 20 599 W) ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (Mascagni) Intermezzo sinfonico
** P.9214 (mx. 20 365 W) ''Sommernachtstraum'' (Mendelssohn)  Wedding March / (mx. 20 366 W) ''Sommernachtstraum'' (Mendelssohn)  Scherzo
** P.9230 (mx. 20 650/651 W) Ungarische Rhapsodie No.2 (Liszt)
** P.9231 (mx. 652/653 W) ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]'' (Offenbach) Interlude and Minuet

on Parlophon / Beka Electric Hauptverzeichnis 1928/29, {{pp.|40|42}}.

c) Operas:
* Odéon O-6571 (xxB 7911, xxB 7912)  ''[[Das Wunder der Heliane]]'' (Korngold), Zwischenspiel zum 3. act, I and II. Frieder Weissmann mit großem Symphonie-Orchester. Berlin, im December 1927.
* Odéon O-8613 (xxB.8559) ''Die tote Stadt'' (Korngold) - Duett ''Ich werde sie nicht wiederseh'n'': Lotte Lehmann, soprano, Richard Tauber, tenor. Großes Opernorchester, Leitung: Frieder Weissmann [http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=display&oaiid=MGR%2F000043074786 (dismarc.org)]
* Odéon O-8613 (xxB.8558) ''Die tote Stadt'' (Korngold) - Duett ''Glück, das mir verblieb'': Lotte Lehmann, soprano, Richard Tauber, tenor. Großes Opernorchester, direction: Frieder Weissmann [http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=display&oaiid=MGR%2F000043074785 (dismarc.org)]
* ''Elektrische 'Nachaufnahme' by xxB 6993 and xxB 6995 (1924) unter gleicher Bestell-Nr. O-8613.  Die akustische Aufnahme von 1924 dirigierte GMD George Széll.''

d) Operetta and light music:
* Odeon O-2877 a (Be 8152) ''In einer kleinen Konditorei''. Lied und Tango (Music: Fred Raymond. Text: Ernst Neubach). Karl Pistorius with orchestral accompaniment, direction: Weissmann
* Odeon O-11 642 a (Be 9868)  ''Was kann so schön sein''. Lied a.d. Tonfilm ''[[Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz]]'' (Miklós Brodzký). Gitta Alpár mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, direction:  Weissmann
* Odeon O-4502 b (Be 9710³) ''Grüß' mir mein Wien''. Lied aus der Operette ''Gräfin Mariza''. Richard Tauber with Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, direction: Weissmann. 14 January 1932 recording.
* Odeon O-4968 a (Be 8942) ''Rot ist dein Mund, der mich verlacht''. Lied und Tango a.d. Tonfilm ''Das lockende Ziel'' (R. Tauber)
* Odeon O-4968 b (Be 8943-II) ''Es war einmal ein Frühlingstraum''. Lied a.d. Tonfilm ''Das lockende Ziel'' (R. Tauber). Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber, tenor, with Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, direction: Weissmann.
* Odeon O-4972 a (Be 8966) ''Blume aus dem Wolgatal''. Lied (Meyer Guzman, German text by Rotter und Robinson)
* Odeon O-4972 b (Be 8967) ''Märchen von Tahiti'' (''[[Pagan Love Song]]''). Song from the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]-Tonfilm ''The Pagan'' ([[Nacio Herb Brown]], German text by Pseudo). Chamber singer C. Richard Tauber, tenor, with orchestral accompaniment and Hawaiian Guitar (member of the Staatskapelle Berlin), conductor: Weissmann.
* Odeon O-4994 a (Be 9570) ''Will dir die Welt zu Füßen legen, du''. Lied a.d. Optte ''Blume von Hawaii'' (Paul Abrahám)
* Odeon O-4994 b (Be 9571) ''Kann nicht küssen ohne Liebe''. Lied a.d. Optte ''Blume von Hawaii'' (Paul Abrahám). Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber, Tenor, mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Weissmann.
* Odeon A 161.103 (Be 8851) ''Sprich nicht von ewiger Liebe''. Lied und Tango a.d. Optte ''Reklame'' (Bruno Granichstaedten)
* Odeon A 161.104 (Be 8852) ''Nicht nur im Prater blüh'n wieder die Bäume''. Lied (Ernst Steffan). Kammersängerin Vera Schwarz mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung: Weissmann.
* Odeon O-11 652 a (Be 9606) ''Zwei Augen, so betörend wie deine''. Lied a.d. Singspiel ''Die Toni von Wien'' (Ernst Steffan, text von Steffan und Knepler). Kammersängerin Vera Schwarz mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Weissmann.
* Odeon O-4503 (Be 9780-II) ''Wenn wir uns später wiedersehen''. Lied (Harry Ralton) Richard Tauber mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Frieder Weissmann. Aufgenommen am 9. Februar 1932 – knapp einen Monat danach verließ Tauber Deutschland.

== Reissues ==
* CD series ''Conductors of the past'': Disco Archivia 1001: MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO DR. FRIEDER WEISSMANN [http://www.musicinthemail.com/classicalconducting/product2.html (musicinthemail.com)]
* Vicky Kondelik [http://www.seinemeyer.com/index.html (seinemeyer.com)] nennt auf ihrer Meta Seinemeyer-''home page'' weitere Wiederveröffentlichungen auf LP und CD.
* Johann Sebastian Bach: Cembalokonzert Nr. 7 g-moll BWV 1058 / Anna Linde (Cembalo) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin am 8. Oktober 1928 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht5ZhwZLG0g youtube.com]. Lt Rainer Bunz „Der vergessene Maestro – Frieder Weissmann“ (2016), S. 139 „die erste Schallplattenaufnahme eines Konzerts …, bei der ein Cembalo als Soloinstrument eingesetzt wurde.“
* Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-Dur op. 68 "Pastorale" / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 21. und 24. November 1924 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inzcfwbqqVY youtube.com].
* Ludwig van Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 4 G-Dur op. 58 / Karol Szreter (piano) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 4. November 1926 bei YouTube [11] and [12]. Erste elektrische Schallplattenaufnahme des Konzerts.
* Ludwig van Beethoven: Wellingtons Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria op. 91 / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme Berlin am 23. Februar 1927 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq97MNTmMIs youtube.com].
* Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in g-moll op. 6 Nr. 8 "Weihnachtskonzert" /  Johannes Lasowski, Hans Reinicke (violins), Armin Liebermann (Viola) / Mitglieder des Orchesters der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 29. November 1928 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to3ksY2Pclo (youtube.com)].
* Franz Liszt: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 A-Dur / Josef Pembaur (piano) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 28. November 1927 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x51tbtnJqTI (youtube.com)].
* Franz Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr. 2 cis-moll / Karol Szreter (Klavier) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin im Oktober 1928 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aBpmL7ulK0 (youtube.com)].
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinkonzert Nr. 5 A-Dur KV 219 / Joseph Wolfsthal (Violine) / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin vom 19. September 1928, bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNVMyUaeISY youtube.com] und auf CD Pristine Classical PASC 239.
* Camille Saint-Saëns: Dance macabre op. 40 / Karol Szreter (Klavier) / mit Grand Symphony Orchestra / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin im Oktober 1929 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8CkQ7l9V4k youtube.com].
* Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung - Tondichtung für großes Orchester op. 24 / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin am 1. und 6. November 1929 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoiOzklCoIs youtube.com].
* Friedrich Witt (Beethoven zugeschrieben): Sinfonie in C-Dur „Jenaer" / Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme Berlin am 18. März und 21. Dezember 1927 bei [http://charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk/redist/audio/E_10610_W_2-20175.flac charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk], [http://charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk/redist/audio/E_10610_W_2-20176.flac charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk], [http://charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk/redist/audio/E_10611_W_2-20177.flac charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk], [http://charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk/redist/audio/E_10611_W_2-20177.flac charm.cch.kcl.ac.uk].
* ''Madame Butterfly'' (Puccini), Act 1 Entrance of Butterfly. Meta Seinemeyer, Soprano with Chorus and Orchestra of the State Opera House. Conductor: Weissmann. British Parlophone E.10 805  (mx. 2-20 848), aufgenommen im Juni 1928. bei [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPVFzsA-rf8 youtube.com]
* ''In einer kleinen Konditorei''. Lied und Tango (Music: Fred Raymond. Text: Ernst Neubach) Karl Pistorius mit Orchesterbegleitung, Leitung: Weissmann. Odeon O-2877 a (Be 8152) bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8h4EcghsHc youtube.com]
* ''Was kann so schön sein''. Lied a.d.&nbsp;Tonfilm ''Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz'' (Miklós Brodzký) Gitta Alpár mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Weissmann. Odeon O-11 642 a (Be 9868) bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYZPO9qptp8 youtube.com]
* Wenn wir uns später wiedersehen. Lied (Harry Ralton) Richard Tauber mit Odeon-Künstler-Orchester, Leitung: Frieder Weissmann. Odeon O-4503 (Be 9780-II) Berlin, im Februar 1932, bei [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrd1fPrjpAE youtube.com]

== Radio concert recordings ==
* Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Lucretia West (Mezzo-soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 8.1.1960 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pyrMOvT8No youtube.com]
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 d-moll KV 466 / Pieralberto Biondi (piano) / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme vom 6.6.1961 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLBuKBOHf7U youtube.com]
* Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia c-Moll BWV 582 in der Orchesterfassung von Ottorino Respighi / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dBRf6ygxnI youtube.com]
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violinkonzert Nr. 1 B-Dur KV 207 / Arthur Grumiaux (violin)  / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (conductor) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI2tF6JNXOc youtube.com] und auf CD Andromeda ANDRCD 9116
* Ernest Chausson: Poème op. 25 / Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx8-6Mw9Wsg youtube.com] und auf CD Andromeda ANDRCD 9116
* Maurice Ravel: Tzigane Konzertrhapsodie/ Arthur Grumiaux (Violine) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 auf CD Andromeda ANDRCD 9116
* Camille Saint-Saëns: Sinfonie Nr. 3 op. 78 / Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent)  / Aufnahme vom 2.2.1962 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcq0Dji5rg8 youtube.com]
* Richard Strauss: Schlusstanz aus "Schlagobers" op. 70 / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 21.12.1963 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Noo_Ba7bAv8 youtube.com]
* Gustav Mahler: Adagietto aus Sinfonie Nr. 5 / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XKiRr7rYB0 youtube.com]
* Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll WWV 103 / Sebastiano Panebianco (Horn) / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Frieder Weissmann (Dirigent) / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwusFZVSryQ youtube.com]
* Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste  op. 44 / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Dirigent: Frieder Weissmann / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr38QvoytoQ youtube.com]
* Jacques Ibert: Divertissement für Kammerorchester / Orchestra "Alessandro Scarlatti" di Napoli della RAI / Dirigent: Frieder Weissmann / Aufnahme vom 4.1.1969 bei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygYYLhdojDY youtube.com]

== Illustrations ==
* Frieder Weissmann mit Richard Tauber [http://www.richard-tauber.de/2011/08/mit-kollegen-14-aufnahmen/ (richard-tauber.de)]
* Frieder Weissmann im Alter [http://www.musicinthemail.com/classicalconducting/weissmann.JPG (musicinthemail.com)]
* Frieder Weissmann und Meta Seinemeyer in Bad Kissingen 1929, das letzte gemeinsame Photo [http://www.seinemeyer.com/seinemeyer_weissmann.jpg (seinemeyer.com)]
* Plattenetikett Parlophon P.9334 ''Coppélia''[http://www.sterkrader-radio-museum.de/parlophon.jpg (sterkrader-radio-museum.de)]

== Further reading ==
* Rainer Bunz: ''Der vergessene Maestro - Frieder Weissmann.'' Twentysix, Norderstedt 2016 (Rezension<ref>Peter Sommeregger auf [http://info-netz-musik.bplaced.net/?p=14504 info-netz-musik]; 26 May 2016; retrieved 26 May 2016.</ref>) - Dies ist die erste umfassende Biographie des Dirigenten, Komponisten und Pianisten Frieder Weissmann. Das gründlich recherchierte Buch korrigiert zahlreiche Fehlinformationen der nachfolgend genannten Sekundärliteratur und widmet sich u. a. ausführlich den bislang vernachlässigten Lebensphasen und beruflichen Stationen Weissmanns insbesondere vor 1921 und nach 1933.
* Biographie Frieder Weissmann bei naxos.com [http://www.naxos.com/person/Frieder_Weissmann/31313.htm naxos.com]
* Paul Frank, [[Wilhelm Altmann]]: ''Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler Lexikon: für Musiker und Freunde der Musik.'' Begründet von Paul Frank. Neu bearbeitet und ergänzt von Wilhelm Altmann. Gustave Bosse, Regensburg 1936.
* Walter Haas, Ulrich Klever: ''Die Stimme seines Herrn. Eine Geschichte der Schallplatte.'' (''Ullstein Taschenbuch.'' Nr. 246). Ullstein, Frankfurt 1959.
* John L. Holmes: ''Conductors on record.'' Victor Gollancz, London 1982.
* Erich Hermann Müller von Asow, Hedwig Müller von Asow (ed.): ''Kürschners Deutscher Musiker-Kalender 1954.'' Zweite Ausgabe des Deutschen Musiker-Lexikons. Walter [[de Gruyter]], Berlin 1954.
* Parlophon/Beka [etc.] Hauptverzeichnis 1925/26, enthält alle bis zum 1. Oktober 1925 erschienenen Platten [Photomechan. Nachdruck Düsseldorf: Hansfried Sieben, o. J.]
* Parlophon/Beka Electric Hauptverzeichnis 1928/29. Carl Lindström A.G. Berlin S.O. 33.
* Franco Rossi, Michele Girardi: ''Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938–1991.'' Albrizzi Editore, Venezia 1992.
* Theo Stengel, Herbert Gerigk (Bearb.): ''Lexikon der Juden in der Musik. Mit einem Titelverzeichnis jüdischer Werke.'' Zusammengestellt im Auftrag der Reichsleitung der NSDAP auf Grund behördlicher, parteiamtlich geprüfter Unterlagen. Bernhard Hahnefeld, Berlin 1940, {{p.|11|380}}, Oln.
* Horst Wahl: ''ODEON, die Geschichte einer Schallplatten-Firma.'' Hansfried Sieben, Düsseldorf 1986.
* Eva Weissweiler: ''Ausgemerzt! : das Lexikon der Juden in der Musik und seine mörderischen Folgen.'' Unter Mitarb. von Lilli Weissweiler. Dittrich, Köln 1999, {{ISBN|3-920862-25-2}}, S.&nbsp;181–375 Reprint des ''Lexikon der Juden in der Musik.'' Berlin 1940.
* Sylvia Willink-Quiël: ''tribute to the conductor Dr. Frieder Weissmann.'' [http://www.friederweissmann.com/ (friederweissmann.com)]

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