Edgar Wollgandt (18 July 1880 in

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– 25 December 1949) was a German violinist.

Life

His father was the

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ist and royal chamber musician Adelhardt Wollgandt. After attending a secondary school in Wiesbaden, Wollgandt first did his military service as a one-year volunteer. He studied at the Wiesbaden Conservatory until 1897, then from 1897 to 1900 he studied violin at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt with

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. At the same time he played in the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester. From 1900 to 1903 he was engaged at the

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and in 1901 became principal violinist and deputy concertmaster there. In the same year he was appointed Royal

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. In 1901, 1902, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934 and 1936-44 he was a member of the

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orchestra. In 1903 he became First concert master of the

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and primarius of the

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, a position he held until 1941. In 1916 he was called up for military music service with the Reserve Infantry Regiment 107 in Borna. In 1928 he got a professorship and taught at the . In 1941 he became teacher for violin at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Among his students were

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and Arnold Matz. From 1906 Wollgandt was married to Käthe Nikisch, the daughter of the actress Amélie Nikisch and the conductor Arthur Nikisch. Wollgandt died in Halla at the age of 69 and is buried at the Südfriedhof in Leipzig.

Literature

* Friedrich Frick: ''Kleines Biographisches Lexikon der Violinisten. Vom Anfang des Violinspiels bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts''. Norderstedt 2009, , . * Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: ''Das Gewandhaus-Orchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743.''''Das Gewandhaus-Orchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743.''
on WorldCat

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, Leipzig 2006, , p. 184 f.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wollgandt, Edgar 1880 births 1949 deaths People from Wiesbaden Concertmasters German classical violinists Male classical violinists Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig 20th-century German male musicians