Werner Egk - Schott Music

1955 25 May: Bought a piece of land in Inning (Ammersee)
17 August: World première of “Irische Legende” at the Salzburg
Festival
1956 15 October: Started building a house in Inning
1957 9 May: World première of “Der Revisor” at the Schwetzingen
Festival
September: Met Igor Stravinsky and Luigi Nono
December: Completion of the house in Inning
1958 Guest performances as conductor in East Berlin, Vienna,
Stuttgart, Augsburg and Paris
1959 January: Great Cross for Distinguished Service of the Order
of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
13 January–12 March: Trip to the West Indies with stopover
in New York; visited Dimitri Mitropoulos
September: Trip to Leningrad and Moscow at the invitation of
the Soviet government
1961 23 May: Received the Gold Medal of the city of Munich
17 November: Was awarded the Ludwig Spohr Prize of the
city of Braunschweig
1962 26 June: Was awarded the Order of Merit of Bavaria
1963 27 November: World première of “Die Verlobung in San
Domingo” at the new National Theatre in Munich
1966 20 May: Gold Medal for Science and Art of the city of Munich
2 June: World première of “17 Tage und 4 Minuten” at the
Württembergisches Staatstheater in Stuttgart
20 June: Gold Medal of the Bavarian Radio presented by
director Christian Wallenreiter
July: Admitted to the Deutsche Akademie der Künste in East
Berlin as corresponding member
1967 22 January–18 February: Trip to South Africa
4 June: Honorary citizen of Auchsesheim (later part of
Donauwörth)
8–16 September: Visit to Bucharest at the invitation of the
Festival Georges Enescu
1968 Summer: Worried about his seriously ill wife
18/19 October: Was elected president of the German Music
Council
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