Hermann Zumpe
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Hermann Zumpe | |
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.jpg) Hermann Zumpe (1886), by Christian Wilhelm Allers | |
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| Born | April 9, 1850 Oppach, Saxony, German Confederation |
| Died | September 4, 1903 (aged 53) Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, composer |
Hermann Zumpe (9 April 1850 – 4 September 1903) was a German conductor and composer.
Biography
Born in
Hofkapellmeister, taking over the conductorship of the Society for Classical Church Music, in lieu of Immanuel Faisst, who was ill. In 1895 he became conductor of the Kaim Orchestra (the later Munich Philharmonic, and was made Hofkapellmeister in Schwerin in 1897. He visited London to conduct Wagner performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1898. In 1900 he received the most important appointment of his career, that of Hofkapellmeister in Munich, directing what would later become the Bavarian State Opera. Here he was especially active in directing the famous Wagner performances at the Prinzregententheater
up to 1903, in which year, on September 4, he died suddenly, aged 53.
Among his compositions were: a
] (Hamburg, 1886), Karin (Hamburg, 1888), and Polnische Wirtschaft (Berlin, 1891). At his death the score of another opera, Sawitri, was found incomplete and was scored by Gustav von Roessler, and produced at Schwerin.References
- OCLC 5000207.
External links
- Works by or about Hermann Zumpe at Internet Archive
- Free scores by Hermann Zumpe at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
This article incorporates text from the entry "Zumpe, Hermann" in the second edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (published 1904–1910) which is in the public-domain
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