Otto Günther (City Councilor)
Otto Günther (born November 4, 1822 in Leipzig , † 1897 ) was a German lawyer and city councilor .
Life
He studied law and graduated as Dr. iur. He then worked as a lawyer and court director. From 1867 to 1872 he was a city councilor in Leipzig. From 1881 to 1897, as a music lover and successor to Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz, he headed the Leipzig Conservatory .
His brother is the doctor and composer Hermann Günther , who wrote the comic opera The Abbot of St. Gallen under the pseudonym Herther .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Kipke, CB Vogel: The Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig . Schloemp, Leipzig 1888, p. 30 f.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1843–1847) | Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz (1847–1881) | Otto Günther (1881–1897) | Carl Reinecke (1897–1902) | Arthur Nikisch (1902–1907) | Stephan Krehl (1907–1924) | Max von Pauer (1924–1932) | Walther Davisson (1932–1942) | Johann Nepomuk David (1942–1945) | Heinrich Schachtebeck (1945–1948) | Rudolf Fischer (1948–1973) | Gustav Schmahl (1973–1984) | Peter Herrmann (1984–1987) | Werner Felix (1987–1990) | Siegfried Thiele (1990–1997) | Christoph Krummacher (1997–2003) | Konrad Körner (2003–2006) | Robert Ehrlich (2006–2015) | Martin Kürschner (since 2015)
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| SURNAME | Günther, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and city councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1897 |