Wilhelm Jahn (24 November 1835 in Dvorce – 21 April 1900 in

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) was an

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conductor.

Life

Jahn served as director of the

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from 1880 to 1897 and principal conductor of the

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from 1882 to 1883. He gave the partial premiere of

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's '' Symphony No. 6'', performing the middle two movements in 1883.

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