Vienna – He was one of the most influential musicians in southern Austria – Thomas Daniel Schlee helped shape musical events in the country as a composer, organist and, above all, as the long-time director of the Carinthian Summer. Now the Viennese native died yesterday, Monday, shortly after his 68th birthday. The family announced this to Ö1. After Gerda Fröhlich, the second former leading figure of the Carinthian Summer died within a few days.