Friedrich Brandes (conductor)

Friedrich Brandes (born November 18, 1864 in Aschersleben , † November 20, 1940 in Dresden ) was a German conductor .

Brandes studied in Leipzig from Michaelmas 1886 to Easter 1891. Since then he has been a member of the Leipzig University Choir of St. Pauli in Mainz ( German Choir ). Brandes was the conductor of the Dresden Choral Society from 1898 to 1922. From 1908 to 1930 he worked at the University of Leipzig as university music director and as head of the St. Pauli university choir .

As a composer, he mainly wrote male choir songs and piano pieces.

Brandes was editor of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik from 1911 to 1919 .

literature

Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft - The handbook of personalities in words and pictures . First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, ISBN 3-598-30664-4

Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 62.

Individual evidence

^ Walter Seidel, Willmar Sichler: Directory of the members of the Association of the Old Paulines in Leipzig 1937. P. 8.

personal data
SURNAME	Brandes, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aschersleben
DATE OF DEATH	November 20, 1940
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Walter Seidel, Willmar Sichler: Directory of the members of the Association of the Old Paulines in Leipzig 1937. P. 8.