Carl Schaefer (musician)

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Carl Theodor Emil Schaefer (born March 30, 1876 in Berlin , † October 5, 1954 in Leipzig ) was a German bassoonist .

Life

Schaefer attended the Reichfall Conservatory in Berlin. He initially worked as a bassoonist at the Stadttheater Erfurt , Berlin Concerthaus, Stadttheater Lübeck and the Meininger Hofkapelle . He also played in the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra .

From 1899 to 1936 he was a member (1st bassoonist) in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and in the Gewandhaus Wind Quintet . From 1922 to 1952 he was also a lecturer (from 1948 professor) at the Leipzig Conservatory . His students included u. a. Werner Seltmann .

He arranged the bassoon school of Julius Weissenborn . In Leipzig was a member of the Masonic Lodge Minerva to the three palms .

literature

  • Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: The Gewandhaus Orchestra. Its members and its history since 1743. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-936618-86-0 , p. 180.

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