Hanns Reinartz (7 June 1911 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

- 1 December 1988) was the first president of the

Hochschule für Musik Würzburg The Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (University of Music Würzburg) was founded in 1797 by Franz Joseph Fröhlich as Collegium musicum academicum (Academic college of music). From 1921 to 1973, it was named Bayerisches Staatskonservatorium der Mu ...

, where he was professor of

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

. In the 1930s, he was assistant to

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

and

Hans Pfitzner Hans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera ''Palestrina'' (1917), loosely based on the life of the s ...

, in 1940 musical director of the Bonn theatres, in 1946 municipal music director in Solingen, and from 1951 first

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

in Wuppertal. From 1954 to 1956, he was opera conductor at the National Theatre in Weimar. In 1956, he was appointed to Würzburg, where he was director of the Bavarian State Conservatory of Music. Under his leadership, the former state conservatory was elevated in 1973 to the rank of the second Bavarian College of Music, whose president he remained until his retirement in 1979. At the same time he was active as a conductor, especially for works of the baroque period, and within the framework of the

Mozart Festival Würzburg The Mozart Festival Würzburg is an annual four-week festival of classic music in the city of Würzburg. It is the oldest festival dedicated to Mozart's music in Germany. The Festival is held in the building and the gardens of UNESCO World Herita ...

and the Würzburg Bachtage. Reinartz died in

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

at the age of 77.

Recordings

* ''

Water Music The ''Water Music'' is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I's request for a concert on the River Thames. Struct ...

'' Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348 Minuet, Composed by George Frideric Handel, Performed by Lotte Bamberger, Conducted by Hanns Reinartz, Audio-CD, Original Release Date May 21, 1996, Label: Music All Occasions * The Magnificent Baroque, Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 3 & 4, Classical Compilation, Timeless Media Group 2006

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinartz, Hanns German conductors (music) Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1911 births 1988 deaths Musicians from Düsseldorf