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What was Anton Webern's performance style?
Anton Webern insisted on lyricism, nuance, rubato, sensitivity, and both emotional and intellectual understanding in performance of music.
What happened in 1966 involving Anton Webern?
Günter Wand's 1966 recording of the Cantata No. 1 (1938–40), Op. 29, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks et al., may likewise be contrasted with both of Boulez's renditions.
Was Anton Webern a composer and a conductor?
Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern (3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer and conductor.
How did Webern try to engage his audience?
As a composer and conductor, Anton Webern conscientiously and non-literally handled notated musical figures, phrases, and entire scores to maximize expressivity in performance and cultivate audience engagement and understanding.

Question: Was he under the direction of anyone?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Anton Webern under the direction of anyone?