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Apr 27, 1904 Vienna, Austria Died on 21 Apr 1997 (aged 92)
American composer
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About Herbert Zipper
- Herbert Zipper (April 24, 1904 in Vienna, Austria – April 21, 1997 in Santa Monica, California) was an internationally renowned composer, conductor, and arts activist.
- As an inmate at Dachau concentration camp in the late 1930s, he arranged to have crude musical instruments constructed out of stolen material, and formed a small secret orchestra which performed on Sunday afternoons for the other inmates.
- Together with a friend, he composed the "Dachau Lied" ("Dachau Song"), which was learned by the other prisoners.
- Released in 1939, he accepted an invitation to conduct the Manila Symphony Orchestra.
- Jailed for four months by the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines, after his release, he worked secretly for the Allies, transmitting shipping information by radio.
- After the war, he emigrated to the United States in 1946, where he conducted the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra and promoted music education.
