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Born in Thionville , Bour studied at both the University and the Conservatoire of Strasbourg . His conducting teachers included Fritz Münch and Hermann Scherchen . After serving as chorus master for the radio choruses of Geneva and Strasbourg , he was appointed conductor of the Orchestre de Mulhouse in 1941 . In 1950 he became conductor of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1955 of the Strasbourg Opera House. He was principal conductor of the SWF Symphony Orchestra in Baden-Baden from 1964 to 1979 . Bour's repertoire was marked by a concentration on contemporary music. World premières he presided over included works by Bussotti , Ferneyhough , Górecki , Ligeti , Rihm and Xenakis , and he gave the French premières of Hindemith 's Symphony ''Mathis der Maler'' and Stravinsky 's ''The Rake's Progress''. Bour died in Strasbourg, aged 88.
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