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| Henry Krips is the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Chair of Humanities and Professor of Cultural Studies at Claremont Graduate University. | |||
| '''Henry Joseph Krips''' ] (10 February 1912 in ]; 25 January 1987 in ]) was an Austrian-Australian conductor and composer, best known for his 23-year record term (1949-72) as principal conductor of the ] (it had been founded in 1936 as the ] and reverted to that name in 1975). He is credited with introducing the works of ] to Australian audiences.<ref name=adb></ref> | |||
| His publications include ''Fetish: An Erotics of Culture'' (Cornell University Press, 1999), ''Der Andere Schauplatz: Psychoanalyse, Kultur, Medien'' (Turia Kant, Vienna, 2001), ''Science, Reason and Rhetoric'' (Pittsburgh University Press, 1995), and ''The Metaphysics of Quantum Theory'' (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987).<ref>http://www.cgu.edu/pages/6485.asp</ref> | |||
| Henry Krips was born in Vienna; his brother was the conductor ]. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory, and made his début in 1932 at the Burgtheater there. In 1938 emigrated to Australia. He formed the Krips-de Vries Opera Company there, and also served as musical director for the Kirsova Ballet in Sydney in 1941. He was naturalised in 1944.<ref name=adb/> | |||
| Krips specializes in Contemporary European Cultural Theory, Psychoanalysis, and Science Studies. He has held the Silverman visiting chair for History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at the University of Tel Aviv, and has been a Senior Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science in Berlin, the Hungarian Institute for Advanced Studies in Budapest, and the IFK (Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften) in Vienna. He is on the board of the Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, and chairs the division for Theories of Culture in the American Cultural Studies Association.<ref>http://www.cgu.edu/pages/6485.asp</ref> | |||
| From 1947 Krips worked for the ]. He was the main conductor of the ] (]) from 1948 to 1972, and the principal conductor of the then-named South Australian Symphony Orchestra (Adelaide) from 1949 to 1972. He became an Australian citizen in 1944. For more than 20 years he played a leading part in Australian and New Zealand musical life. | |||
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| In 1951 there was a competition for a new national anthem to celebrate the golden jubilee of the ]. Krips's entry ''This Land of Mine'' won the competition, but was not taken up as the national anthem.<ref></ref> | |||
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| In 1970 he was appointed a Member of the ] (MBE).<ref></ref> | |||
| In 1972 he moved to London, where he had appeared as a guest conductor with the ] Opera from 1967, and conducted occasional concerts. His performances of ] and ] were particularly admired. His compositions include opera, ballets, numerous songs and instrumental pieces. | |||
| Henry Krips's grandson, Henry 'Wagons' Krips, is a prominent vocalist, performing as the singer of the popular ] Australian band, ]. | |||
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| ⚫ | ==References== | ||
| * Robyn Holmes: ''Through the opera glass. A chronological register of opera performed in South Australia 1836 to 1988''. Friends of the State Opera of South Australia, Adelaide 1991. | |||
| * Alain Pâris: ''Dictionnaire des interpretes et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle''. Robert Laffont, Paris 1989. | |||
| * Stefan Jaeger: ''Das Atlantisbuch der Dirigenten''. Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag, Zurich 1985 | |||
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Henry Krips is the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Chair of Humanities and Professor of Cultural Studies at Claremont Graduate University.
His publications include Fetish: An Erotics of Culture (Cornell University Press, 1999), Der Andere Schauplatz: Psychoanalyse, Kultur, Medien (Turia Kant, Vienna, 2001), Science, Reason and Rhetoric (Pittsburgh University Press, 1995), and The Metaphysics of Quantum Theory (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987).
Krips specializes in Contemporary European Cultural Theory, Psychoanalysis, and Science Studies. He has held the Silverman visiting chair for History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at the University of Tel Aviv, and has been a Senior Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science in Berlin, the Hungarian Institute for Advanced Studies in Budapest, and the IFK (Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften) in Vienna. He is on the board of the Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, and chairs the division for Theories of Culture in the American Cultural Studies Association.