Weisgall, Hugo D. (13072714)

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Hugo D. Weisgall
Personal details
Born	13 October 1912 Ivančice, Moravia (then Part Of Austria-hungary, Later In
Died	11 March 1997
Nativity	Czechoslovakia
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	13072714
Rank	Technician Fifth Grade
Camp Ritchie	Class 2 (24 August – 17 October 1942)
Enlisted	Baltimore, Maryland

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Hugo D. Weisgall (13 October 1912 – 11 March 1997) was a Ritchie Boy (from Czechoslovakia) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 2.

Biography

Hugo David Weisgall (October 13, 1912 – March 11, 1997) was an American composer and conductor, known chiefly for his opera and vocal music compositions. Weisgall studied at the Peabody Institute, privately with Roger Sessions, and at the Curtis Institute of Music with conductor Fritz Reiner and composer Rosario Scalero. Weisgall came from a family of several generations of cantors, and maintained a lifelong interest in both sacred and secular Jewish music. Other major works include his most ambitious opera, Athaliah (libretto: Richard Frank Goldman, after Jean Racine), and his often-performed Six Characters in Search of an Author (libretto: Denis Johnston, after Luigi Pirandello). Hugo Weisgall died at the age of 84 on Long Island, New York. From a transcript of an interview he gave, here is some military-related information Hugo decided to enlist, instead of being drafted. Stephen Goodell passed along some more articles and photos of Hugo Weisgall. The famous composer and conductor? He was born in Ivančice, Moravia (then part of Austria-Hungary, later in his childhood Czechoslovakia) and moved to the United States at the age of eight. He later earned a Ph.D. in German literature at Johns Hopkins University. During World War II he was an aide-de-camp to General George S. After the war he became a professor, and taught at Queens College, the Juilliard School, and the Jewish Theological Seminary, all in New York City. His notable students include composers Dominick Argento, Bruce Saylor and the accordionist/composer William Schimmel. In 1992 he was commissioned by the Friends of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary to write a song cycle, Psalm of the Distant Dove, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. The above information taken from Wikipedia Attached is Washington Post article, dated July 30 1943.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	85
Nara ASN	13072714
Nara Name	ROYER JOHN M
Nara State	1
Nara County	11
Nara POE	3110
Nara DOE	140542
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	31
Nativity.1	MARYLAND
Nara Year of Birth	21
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	3
Nara Civilian Occupation	819
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	67
Nara Weight (lbs)	122
Class_Name	Weisgall, Hugo D.
match_method	unique_name_no_asn
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-10-09 (2 posts)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-10-16 (2 posts)