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	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Leipzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Robert Schumann worked in Leipzig, Richard Wagner was born there in 1813, and the Leipzig Conservatory (founded by Mendelssohn in 1842-43) became one of the world's best-known musical academies.
		Leipzig was stormed on Oct. 19, and Napoleon's forces began their flight across Germany and beyond the Rhine.
		Leipzig is back on the tourist map, the city is the place for books, music, and coffee.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Leipzig.asp (813 words)

	Violin Pedagogy - Conservatory System
		The Leipzig Conservatory, founded by Felix Mendelssohn in 1843, quickly achieved an international reputation for excellence and became a model for many conservatories throughout the world.
		In order to educate as many students as possible, the conservatory system of class instruction was used and students of all ages and levels of ability were accepted, not just the talented few.
		Conservatory founders were concerned with the whole nation’s culture and with students of all ages.
	www.violinonline.com /conservatorysystem.htm (470 words)

	Violin Pedagogy - Conservatory Class Instrumental Instruction
		Phillips described why this was necessary when he described the Leipzig Conservatory: “All subjects, including instrumental performance, were taught in classes, a procedure which was mandatory, if the logistical and financial demands of the new educational venture were to be met.” [38]
		Conservatories in the United States patterned their instrumental instruction after the Leipzig Conservatory.
		This is a remainder of the conservatory system of graded classes in which students were carefully classified according to achievement and divided into any number of classes from preparatory to advanced.
	www.violinonline.com /conservatoryclassinstrumentalinstruction.htm (544 words)

	Germany 2006 - Cities and stadiums - Leipzig
		Leipzig flourished as a center of crafts industry and commerce on into the 15th century, aided by the discovery of silver in the Ore Mountains.
		Leipzig was not just an important center of trade and industry, it was also a center of the arts and sciences.
		The University of Leipzig, founded in 1409, is one of Germany's oldest academic institutions.
	wm2006.deutschland.de /EN/Content/Host-Country-Germany/Cities-and-stadiums/leipzig.html (866 words)

	Hermann Abendroth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1915 to 1934 he was Kapellmeister of Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra and director of the Cologne conservatory (1925-1934 Cologne Musikhochschule).
		In 1934 he replaced Bruno Walter (who as a Jew had been dismissed by the newly-installed Nazi authorities) as Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
		From 1934 to 1945 he was Professor of the Leipzig conservatory (1941-1945 Leipzig Musikhochschule).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hermann_Abendroth (251 words)

	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
		His activities as conductor in Leipzig developed into what must be regarded overwhelmingly as the most far-reaching achievement of his life, whereby he improved the quality of orchestral playing, the musicians' wages, and created wonderful concert seasons unmatched in Europe at the time.
		It was during this decade spent in Leipzig that Mendelssohn developed a friendship with Robert Schumann, and he conducted the premiere performances of Schumann's first two symphonies and his piano concerto as well.
		In addition to his posts in Leipzig, Mendelssohn was named director of the Music Section of the Academy of Arts in Berlin by King Frederick of Prussia, but this appointment, from the start, was not a positive situation for Mendelssohn, since he was often asked to compose on demand.
	www.carolinaclassical.com /mendelssohn (2461 words)

	Oberlin Conservatory Spring 2001
		This summer, spacious new facilities for Conservatory admissions and other administrative offices will be developed on the second floor of the Oberlin Bookstore, overlooking Tappan Square.
		This move echoes history: it was in this very location, albeit in a different building, that the Oberlin Conservatory was founded in 1865 by two former students of the Leipzig Conservatory, which itself was established only 22 years earlier by Felix Mendelssohn.
		Conservatory faculty and staff have also been busy analyzing the facility needs of the instructional program.
	www.oberlin.edu /con/connews/spr01/from_dean.html (435 words)

	Complete Listing of Events 2004 - Consulate Leipzig Germany
		Leipzig Consul General Fletcher M. Burton attended the first Steuben parade in Magdeburg, which was organized by the German-American Dialog Center and followed by a conference on transatlantic relations.
		American Consulate General Leipzig sent a representative to a conference organized at the University of Halle on the different approaches of the EU and the United States toward foreign trade.
		Leipzig Consul General Fletcher Burton is the guest of honor at the 2nd graduation reception of American Studies majors at Leipzig University.
	leipzig.usconsulate.gov /leipzig/programs_events_complete2004.html (6170 words)

	Public Domain Music - Short Biographies - Page 14 at Web-Helper.net
		At the Moscow conservatory he was a pupil of Safonoff (pianoforte) and Tanejev (composition).
		After study at the Leipzig Conservatory, he returned to England in 1858 and entered upon the profession of teaching in London.
		He received his musical training at the Leipzig Conservatory, and from 1862 until his death was conductor of the opera at Stockholm.
	www.web-helper.net /PDMusic/BioShorts/page14.asp (951 words)

	AllRefer.com - Leipzig : History, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Three great battles of the Thirty Years War (two at Breitenfeld and one at LUtzen) were fought near Leipzig.
		The battle of Leipzig, Oct. 16–19, 1813, also called the Battle of the Nations, was a decisive victory of the Austrian, Russian, and Prussian forces over Napoleon I. On Oct. 16 the Prussians under General BlUcher defeated the French under Auguste de Marmont at MOckern, near Leipzig.
		On Oct. 18 the French were driven to the gates of Leipzig, and most of their Saxon and WUrttemberg auxiliaries (but not the king of Saxony himself) passed over to the enemy camp.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Leipzig-history.html (570 words)

	David Katz, A Holocaust Survivor
		I was born in Leipzig, Germany on February 12,1930, to Abraham and Regina Wolkowitz (nee Jedlitzki).
		Leipzig at that time was the musical capital of Europe, the home to famous composers such as Bach, Mendelssohn, Schuman, Wagner, Teleman and numerous others during at least part of their creative lives.
		Leipzig was a vibrant city in the Province of Saxony, and besides its reputation as the musical capital of Europe, it was also world famous for its annual Mustermesse, or industrial fair.
	www.holocaust-trc.org /dkatz_autobio.htm (11629 words)

	City of Music: Leipzig
		Leipzig was given municipal status in 1170 and by 1700 had become the major German commercial center.
		In 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Leipzig was the scene of a key victory by the Austrians, Russians and Prussians over Napoleon.
		And the Leipzig Conservatory was founded by Mendelssohn in the 1800s.
	www.aarp.org /travel/destinations/europe/a2003-07-22-leipzig.html (735 words)

	Gunter Raphael (Composer) - Short Biography
		1 was conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
		Even though he found publishers for the unpublished pre-1945 compositions and the radio stations re-opened their doors for him, it was impossible to reclaim his pre-war musical status such as the teaching position he had held in Leipzig.
		In 1956 he was offered the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig which he declined, not wishing to lose his artist freedom in East Germany.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Lib/Raphael-Gunter.htm (1300 words)

	Karg-Elert, Kharg-Elert, German composers
		Although Siegfried visited the Leipzig Conservatory, the church director decided to send him to Grimma to study to be a school teacher.
		In 1900, Siegfried's piano concerto was premiered under the auspices of the Leipzig Conservatory.
		In 1902, at the recommendation of the Leipzig Conservatory, he took the position of piano masterclass instructor at the conservatory at Magdeburg, contingent on the director's stipulation that Karg alter his last name to "Karg-Elert" (adding his mother's maiden name).
	www.leonarda.com /composers-LE/comp335.html (883 words)

	Miscellaneous Editors and Arrangers of Cello Music
		He was assistant conductor at the Turin's Teatro Reggio, professor of harmony and counterpoint at the Turin Conservatory, and, later, professor of composition at the Parma and Milan Conservatories.
		Julius Klengel (born 1859) was professor of cello at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1881 until his death in 1933.
		Born in 1865, Leo Schulz was principal cellist in Berlin and with the Gewandhaus.
	www.cello.org /heaven/bios/editors.htm (2334 words)

	The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Berlinski was born in Leipzig to parents who, in the wake of the dangers of backlash following the 1905 Revolution, had emigrated from the highly developed Jewish community in Lódz (then Russian Poland).
		The family remained in Leipzig until the installation of the National Socialist regime, which barred Jewish musicians from participation or employment in musical institutions outside the Jewish community.
		He had had a fascination with the organ since his Leipzig student days, but its study was not part of the curriculum and was generally learned within the Church.
	www.milkenarchive.org /artists/artists.taf?artistid=119 (2690 words)

	Public Domain Music - Short Biographies - Page 13 at Web-Helper.net
		He established the Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin in 1881 and was its director until 1891, when he founded a similar conservatory in New York.
		He came to the United States in 1865, studied with S. Warren (New York) and at the Leipzig Conservatory, and in 1870-80 was assistant organist of St. Thomas' Church (New York).
		His musical education was conducted at Leipzig by Brosig, Riedel, and Plaidy, and at the Royal School of Music in Munich, where he was instructed by Von Bulow and Rheinberger.
	www.web-helper.net /pdmusic/bioshorts/page13.asp (907 words)

	Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		While studying at the Warsaw Conservatory he composed the cantata De profundis (for choir and symphony orchestra), two sonatas, variations for string quartet, choral and instrumental fugues, and many short pieces for piano.
		When he graduated from the Conservatory, he was offered the position of director of the Lublin School of Music, but declined and earned a living by giving private lessons.
		While studying in Leipzig, he composed the overture Kestutis, a fugue for string orchestra, and a four-part string quartet.
	daugenis.mch.mii.lt /Muziejai/kaunas/M_K_Ciurlionis.htm (2076 words)

	Selected Events 2004 - Consulate Leipzig Germany
		The exhibit - staged in cooperation with the Consulate General Leipzig - was attended by staff of the Consulate General and a lively audience of young readers.
		The Consulate General Leipzig arranged the performence of the U.S. military band together with the reserve organization of the local Bundeswehr unit at the lantern festival in Halle.
		Leipzig American Consulate General joined forces with the Academy of Visual Arts, the German Literature Institute, the Gallery for Contemporary Art, the University Library and the University of Music and Theater, to stage a neighborhood festival.
	leipzig.usconsulate.gov /leipzig/program_events2004.html (3128 words)

	Teri Noel Towe's Johann Sebastian Bach Pages: Present Day Misconceptions About Bach Performance Practice in the ...
		In fact, Reinecke, who had studied with both Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Schumann in Leipzig in the mid-1840s, was still an active member of the faculty at the Conservatory in Leipzig at the time of his death on March 10, 1910.
		Steinbach (1855-1916) studied at the Leipzig Conservatory in 1873, and was the conductor of the renowned orchestra of the Grand Duke of Meiningen, which Brahms's good friend Richard Mühlfeld was the principal clarinettist.
		Goossens never studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, it is true, but he was a pupil of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, who had been a composition student of Carl Reinecke's at the Leipzig Conservatory in 1875 and 1876.
	www.npj.com /homepage/teritowe/jsbpdm04.html (1263 words)

	Ayvalik International Music Academy (AIMA): World-class Faculty
		Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and Salzburg Mozarteum with Nathan Milstein and Tibor Varga.
		Yonat, is currently teaching violin at the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory and continues to perform both solo and with orchestras at home and abroad, at the same time recording for the radio and TV.
		Mikhail Khomitzer was born in 1935 in Ukraine.
	www.ayvalik-music.com /english/faculty.html (3887 words)

	Hugo Distler \| Biography
		Distler furthered his education at the Leipzig Conservatory in 1927 and where he was under the instruction of Martienessen: piano, Ramin: organ, and Grabner: harmony and chose to focus on conducting with piano as a secondary subject.
		During his time at Leipzig, close friendships developed with instructors Grabner and Ramin that were to continue throughout his life.
		Hugo Distler was also greatly influenced by the teachings of Hogner, teacher of liturgical organ composition at the Leipzig Conservatory.
	www.king.edu /musicresearch/Distler/biography.htm (550 words)

	Nikisch
		As a student he won various prizes for composition as well as violin and piano playing, but it was the violin on which he concentrated.
		In 1893, he took over the Budapest Opera as musical director, but two years later he was offered almost simultaneously the conductorship of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in succession to Reinecke, and of the Berlin PO in succession to Von Bülow.
		In addition to his many other duties he was director of the Leipzig Opera (1905-1906) and the Leipzig Conservatory, where he was also in charge of the conductors' class.
	www.maurice-abravanel.com /nikisch.html (1309 words)

	WWUH Articles: WWUH Classical Programming Sept/Oct 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He left the Leipzig Conservatory with honors in 1867, having completed his Symphony #1 and string quintet.
		Local response, however, was tepid and Svendsen, another stipend in hand, traveled back to Leipzig and then Paris, the latter the scene of increasing performances of his works.
		Whether the stories that he was actively composing songs by age of four and giving full-length recitals by age nine are true or not, Stanford was certainly the recipient of a thorough musical and academic education, studying at Henry Tilney Bassett's school in Dublin and taking private lessons in piano, organ and composition.
	www.wwuh.org /program/articles/sepoct04/thursday.htm (1018 words)

	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Edvard Grieg
		At the urging of famed Norwegian violinist Ole Bull, Grieg was sent off to the Leipzig Conservatory at age 15.
		Although Grieg was never happy at the conservatory, he gained a broad understanding of musical composition through hearing the many concerts in the commmunity of Leipzig by the continual stream of world famous performers who came to play at the Leipzig Gewandhaus.
		Health problems delayed his graduation from the conservatory, but he passed his final exams in 1862 with two sets of pieces, the âFour Pieces for Pianoâ and âFour Pieces for Alto Voiceâ which became his first published compositions.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=3499&source_type=C (516 words)

	Norsk Musikkinformasjon: Johan Svendsen - Biography
		He made rapid progress, and by the time he left the conservatory in 1867, he had already written some of his best compositions.
		He left Leipzig in 1867 after having graduated from the conservatory with honours.
		Svendsens passed on the heritage from the Leipzig conservatory in his music.
	www.mic.no /mic.nsf/doc/art2002100713282664493018 (1289 words)

	Chadwick, Symphony No. 3
		Many of his songs, numbering over one hundred, appeared regularly on recitals, and his choral works were staples at the large choral festivals that dotted the landscape during the three or four decades before the First World War.
		In the spring of 1877, Chadwick went to Leipzig, where he studied with Jadassohn, Richter, and Reinecke from late 1877 to the spring of 1879, while reveling in the musical life there–the concerts at the Gewandhaus (he heard the world premiere of Brahms's Violin Concerto) and the choral singing at the Thomasschule.
		Chadwick became the toast of the Leipzig Conservatory with a series of works written while he was there, his first two string quartets and the concert overture Rip Van Winkle, which was performed at the graduation exercises.
	www.americansymphony.org /dialogues_extensions/97_98season/1st_concert/chadwick.cfm (1158 words)

	Erwin Schulhoff
		He continued his studies at the Vienna Conservatory (1904-08), after which he studied with Max Reger at the Leipzig Conservatory (1908-10), followed by a course of study at the Cologne Conservatory (1910-14), as well as some lessons from Debussy.
		Despite all these years of conservatory study, he emerged as a composer who plunged headlong into the twentieth century, and embraced the new currents in both popular and art music.
		He continued his studies at the Vienna Conservatory (1904-08), after which he studied with Max Reger at the Leipzig Conservatory (1908-10), followed by a course of study at the Cologne Conservatory (1910-14).
	www.fuguemasters.com /schulhoff.html (2114 words)

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