Hans Winderstein
Hans Wilhelm Gustav Winderstein (born October 29, 1856 in Lüneburg , † June 23, 1925 ) was a German conductor and composer .
Life
Winderstein studied at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1877 to 1880 and played in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra . From 1880 to 1884 he directed Baron Paul von Derwie's private orchestra in Nice . He later worked as a violin teacher at the Winterthur Conservatory as well as in Nuremberg and Fürth. From 1893 to 1896 Winderstein was the first chief conductor of the newly founded Kaim Orchestra , today's Munich Philharmonic . In Leipzig he founded the Winderstein Orchestra in 1896, which until 1918 had its home in the Alberthalle of the Krystallpalast (Leipzig) . It was one of the most booked symphony orchestras in Germany at the turn of the century. With his series of Philharmonic Concerts, Winderstein competed with the traditional concerts at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig . Many composers such as Jean Sibelius , Frederick Delius , Ferdinand Pfohl and Ferdinand Thieriot used this professional orchestra to present their novelties to the Leipzig audience. In the summer months the orchestra performed in Bad Nauheim from 1906 to 1925 as the largest spa orchestra in Germany, as Winderstein was very concerned about the financial security of his musicians, even outside the concert season. From 1898 to 1899 Winderstein also directed the Leipzig Singing Academy .
His compositions for orchestra include a. the works Funeral March , Valse-Caprice , and Serenade . Winderstein also wrote works for violin and piano.
literature
- Winderstein, Hans . In: Theodore Baker, Alfred Remy (Eds.): Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians . 3. Edition. G. Schirmer, New York 1919. ( Online )
- Scharfenberg, Gerd, The awards of the music professor Hans Winderstein , in: Orders and decorations . Specialist magazine of the German Society for Religious Orders, 11th year, No. 62 (August 2009), pp. 199–200.
portrait
- Photography by Georg Brokesch , Leipzig, 21 × 11 cm, undated, (object database of the City History Museum Leipzig , online )
Hans Winderstein (1893–1895) | Hermann Zumpe (1895–1897) | Ferdinand Löwe (1897/98) | Felix Weingartner (1898–1905) | Georg Schnéevoigt (1905–1908) | Ferdinand Löwe (1908–1914) | Hans Pfitzner (1919/1920) | Siegmund von Hausegger (1920–1938) | Oswald Kabasta (1938–1944) | Hans Rosbaud (1945–1948) | Fritz Rieger (1949–1966) | Rudolf Kempe (1967–1976) | Sergiu Celibidache (1979-1996) | James Levine (1999-2004) | Christian Thielemann (2004–2011) | Lorin Maazel (2012–2014) | Valery Gergiev (since 2015)
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| SURNAME | Winderstein, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winderstein, Hans Wilhelm Gustav (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1925 |