Volkmar Von Arnim
Volkmar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Volkmar Andreae (1879–1962), Swiss conductor and composer *Volkmar Leimert (born 1940), German composer and dramaturg *Volkmar Sigusch (born 1940), German physician and sociologist *Volkmar Weiss (born 1944), German scientist and writer *Volkmar Wentzel (1915–2006), German-born American photographer *Volkmar Würtz (born 1938), German fencer Surname *Fred R. Volkmar, American psychiatrist *Theodor Valentin Volkmar (1781–1847), German jurist and politician Fictional characters *Volkmar the Grim, a character in the tabletop game of ''Warhammer'' *Count Volkmar of Gretz, a line of heritage in James A. Michener's ''The Source (novel), The Source'' See also

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Volkmar Andreae
Volkmar Andreae (5 July 1879 – 18 June 1962) was a Swiss conductor and composer. Life and career Andreae was born in Bern. He received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with Karl Munzinger. From 1897 to 1900, he studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Cologne Conservatory and was a student of Fritz Brun, Franz Wüllner, Isidor Seiss and Friedrich Wilhelm Franke. In 1900 he was a soloist tutor at the Munich Hofoper. In 1902 he took over the leadership of the Mixed Choir of Zurich (), where he remained until 1949, also leading the from 1902 to 1914 and the from 1904 to 1914. From 1906 to 1949, he led the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; and from 1914 to 1939, the Conservatory of Zurich. (He was offered the opportunity of succeeding Gustav Mahler as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1911, but he declined.) Later he worked as freelance composer in Vienna and worked internationally as a conductor (especially with the work ...
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