Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1893)

Clemens Krauss

Austrian conductor and opera impresario (1893 - 1954)

Clemens Heinrich Krauss was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Richard Wagner. He founded the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and conducted it until 1954.