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Karl Zumpe
Karl Zumpe (20 May 1924 – 15 November 2001) was a German musician and long-time director of the Gewandhaus Leipzig. Life Zumpe was born in Zwickau. After passing the Notabitur, Zumpe was drafted into military service at the age of eighteen. After serving on both the Eastern Front (World War II), East and the Western Front (World War II), West Front, he was a prisoner of war until 1948. After a period as a warehouse worker, he was employed as a librarian at Wismut (company), Wismut in Johanngeorgenstadt. Equipped only with his experiences as a child in the choir of the in Zwickau, he took over as choir director in the cultural ensemble of Wismut. It was here that Rudolf Fischer (musician), Rudolf Fischer of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Leipzig Musikhochschule discovered him at a choir competition and brought him to Leipzig to study. After studying music from 1951 to 1956, he obtained a position at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1958 as head of the Gewandhaus office. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gewandhaus
Gewandhaus is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics. History The first Gewandhaus (''Altes Gewandhaus'') The first concert hall was constructed in 1781 by architect Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe inside the ''Gewandhaus'', a building used by cloth (garment) merchants. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Emperor Concerto) premiered here in 1811. Felix Mendelssohn is particularly associated with the first Gewandhaus, of which he was director from 1835. Other well-known works which premiered at the Altes Gewandhaus include: * Schubert's Great Symphony (21 March 1839, posth.) * Schumann's Spring Symphony (31 March 1841) * Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony (3 March 1842) * Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto (13 March 1845) * Wagner's overture to '' The Mastersingers of Nuremberg'' (2 June 1862; the full opera was not performed until 1868) * Brahms' '' A Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
