Talk:Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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Gewandhauskapellmeister

Now we have some mismatch here concerning the principal conductors ("Gewandhauskapellmeister") in the 19th century. The official Gewandhaus homepage [1] (watch the changing picture at the bottom of the page) lists the Gewandhauskapellmeister as follows:

1781–1785 Johann Adam Hiller
1785–1810 Johann Gottfried Schicht
1827–1835 Christian August Pohlenz
1835–1847 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
1843–1844 Ferdinand Hiller
1844–1848 Niels Wilhelm Gade
1848–1860 Julius Rietz
1860–1895 Carl Reinecke
1895–1922 Arthur Nikisch
1922–1928 Wilhelm Furtwängler
1929–1933 Bruno Walter
1934–1945 Hermann Abendroth
1946–1948 Herbert Albert
1949–1962 Franz Konwitschny
1964–1968 Václav Neumann
1970–1996 Kurt Masur
1998–2005 Herbert Blomstedt
since 2005 Riccardo Chailly

On the other hand, Riccardo Chailly is counted as 19th Gewandhauskapellmeister on the same page. Johann Philipp Christoph Schulz is missing in this list, maybe due to the lack of a picture? Heinz Bongartz is also missing, but I found no reference of him having been Gewandhauskapellmeister, so I guess he has never officially been appointed but rather served as an interim arrangement.

There is clearly an inaccurateness in this list concerning Felix Mendelssohn, for we clearly know from his biography, that he quit the post in 1843 when he went to Berlin, taking it up again in 1845 (cf. the overlapping periods of Mendelssohn, Hiller and Gade).

My other source (Alain Pâris, Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interprétation au XXe siècle, Paris 1995) gives a somewhat different list:

Konzertmeister

Principal conductors

1835–1847 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
1848–1852; 1854–1860 Julius Rietz
1852–1853 Niels Wilhelm Gade and Ferdinand David
1853–1854 Ferdinand David
1860–1895 Carl Reinecke
1895–1922 Arthur Nikisch
1922–1928 Wilhelm Furtwängler
1929–1933 Bruno Walter
1934–1945 Hermann Abendroth
1946–1948 Herbert Albert
1949–1962 Franz Konwitschny
1964–1968 Václav Neumann
1970–1996 Kurt Masur

I think we need some more research (i.e. reliable sources) on this matter. --FordPrefect42 23:14, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Oldest orchestra" claim

The sentence "With 265 years of history, it is the oldest extant symphony orchestra in the world" should be removed, as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden traces its roots back to 1548. Both orchestras' claims are futile anyway, since what we today mean by a "symphony orchestra" did not exist 265 years ago, let alone in 1548. S.Camus (talk) 19:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Title

This is English Wikipedia, so is there any good reason why the title shouldn't be Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, its most commonly seen name? Having that as a redirect is not good enough, imo. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 03:29, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was moved there by cut and paste without an explanation by 178.24.158.216 (talk · contribs). I've reverted the move and history merged the page, and I'll modify the article text in accordance with the title change. Graham87 05:46, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well done. Thanks, Graham. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 06:56, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]