CARSTE, HANS

Hans Carste was born in the Palatinate but grew up on the Danube, in the Austrian province of Wachau. He studied music in Vienna and gained experience at the Vienna Volksopera. He spent a short time as conductor of Breslau’s Opera House and then moved to Berlin, where he worked as composer and conductor for film and theater. During World War II he saw service in Russia, where he was severely wounded. He returned from the war in 1948 and...