Member of the German Mann-Family, a dynasty of literates, writers and publishers.
Between 1942 and 1947 he was a violinist in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. In 1949 he made appearances as a viola soloist in the United States and Europe. Accompanied by pianist Yaltah Menuhin, he made a concert tour in 1951 and recorded the 1948 Viola Sonata by Ernst Krenek. He was forced to give up professional music due to a neuropathy.Mann then studied German literature at Harvard, and later worked as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He committed suicide in Orinda, California in 1977.
Between 1942 and 1947 he was a violinist in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. In 1949 he made appearances as a viola soloist in the United States and Europe. Accompanied by pianist Yaltah Menuhin, he made a concert tour in 1951 and recorded the 1948 Viola Sonata by Ernst Krenek. He was forced to give up professional music due to a neuropathy.Mann then studied German literature at Harvard, and later worked as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He committed suicide in Orinda, California in 1977.
Member of the German Mann-Family, a dynasty of literates, writers and publishers.
Between 1942 and 1947 he was a violinist in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. In 1949 he made appearances as a viola soloist in the United States and Europe. Accompanied by pianist Yaltah Menuhin, he made a concert tour in 1951 and recorded the 1948 Viola Sonata by Ernst Krenek. He was forced to give up professional music due to a neuropathy.Mann then studied German literature at Harvard, and later worked as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He committed suicide in Orinda, California in 1977.
Between 1942 and 1947 he was a violinist in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. In 1949 he made appearances as a viola soloist in the United States and Europe. Accompanied by pianist Yaltah Menuhin, he made a concert tour in 1951 and recorded the 1948 Viola Sonata by Ernst Krenek. He was forced to give up professional music due to a neuropathy.Mann then studied German literature at Harvard, and later worked as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He committed suicide in Orinda, California in 1977.
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