Ernst Wendel (26 March 1876 – 21 May 1938) was a German violinist and conductor.
Life
editWendel was born in Breslau. For one season in 1896/97 Wendel was concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Theodore Thomas. From 1909 to 1935, he was General Music Director of the Bremer Philharmoniker. As a violinist, he taught Georg Kulenkampff. In 1914, in Stuttgart and in 1925/26, he conducted the Frankfurter Museumsgesellschaft. In 1913, he conducted Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 for the first time in Russia.[1] He made his mark on Musik in Königsberg.[2]
Wendel was married to the concert pianist Ilse Wendel née Wolde. His younger son was the set and costume designer Heinrich Wendel (1915-1980).[3]
Wendel died in Jena aged 62.
Work
edit- Das Grab im Busento, for male choir with orchestra
- Das deutsche lied, for men's choir with orchestra
He also composed a cappella men's choirs and Lieder.
Further reading
edit- Klaus Blum: Musikfreunde und Musici – Musikleben in Bremen seit der Aufklärung. Hans Schneider Verlag, Tutzing 1975, ISBN 3-7952-0177-2, from page 419
References
edit- ^ Principals CSO
- ^ Otto Besch (Ostpreußenblatt, 28 April 2001)
- ^ Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller (ed.): Mann für Mann: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte von Freundesliebe und mannmännlicher Sexualität im deutschen Sprachraum, Teil 1. LIT Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 9783643106933, p. 1246f. (Ernst Wendel, p. 1246, at Google Books).
External links
edit- Literature by and about Ernst Wendel in the German National Library catalogue
- Ernst Wendel discography at Discogs
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