Friedrich Wilhelm Stade

Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (born August 25, 1817 in Halle , † March 24, 1902 in Altenburg ) was a German organist , conductor and composer .

Stade was a pupil of Friedrich Schneider in Dessau and later became conductor of the Bethmann troupe. In 1845 he came to Jena as the university music director , received an honorary doctorate from the philosophical faculty and then worked in Altenburg as court conductor from 1860 . Here he ensured a great boom in musical life and a new building for the theater, which he inaugurated in 1871 with a performance by Carl Maria von Weber by Freischütz .

Stade was an excellent organist, especially strong in the art of improvisation . He was also a conductor who honored a large number of neglected works, old and new. His compositions include symphonies , overtures and drama music , but only a few psalms have been printed. Better known are his songs, of which the castles on the mountains became popular at the time. With Rochus Freiherr von Liliencron , Stade published a collection of songs and sayings from the last days of minnesong (Weimar 1854). He has also made a name for himself with the arrangement of Handel and Bach sonatas .

Wilhelm Stade died on March 24, 1902 in Altenburg. A street in Jena is named after him.

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SURNAME	Stade, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stade, Friedrich; Stade, Wilhelm; Stade, Dr. F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 25, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1902
Place of death	Altenburg