Hermann Mannsfeldt - Performer

Hermann Gustav Mannsfeldt (1833 - 1892) was a German violinist and conductor, the founding Kapellmeister of the orchestra that became today's Dresdner Philharmonie. Already well known as a conductor in Dresden, he came from Kassel with part of his own orchestra and was engaged in April 1871 to lead the newly formed orchestra of the Gewerbehaus hall. Recruiting most of the musicians of the Dresden Stadtmusikchor, he built a permanent ensemble of 56 players known officially as the Gewerbehaus-Kapelle and popularly as the Mannsfeldt-Kapelle. Right after he took office, the orchestra spent the summer seasons of 1871 and 1872 in Pavlovsk near Saint Petersburg, its first engagement abroad. The Mannsfeldt era was decisive for the development of the Gewerbehaus concert programme: he increasingly built thematic programmes, championed Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner and Rubinstein, introduced soloist concerts, and from 1883 offered a series of Historical Concerts as well as concerts without tobacco smoke. The young Eugene Ysaye served as his concertmaster until 1879. After fourteen years he left Dresden in 1885 to succeed Benjamin Bilse at the Konzerthaus in Berlin for the 1885/86 season, and his last post was as Kapellmeister in Bad Ems. His daughter Frieda Mannsfeldt (1863-1882) was a harpist who often performed in concerts conducted by her father. Source: Rondo DB


Usual Name	Hermann Mannsfeldt
Ensembles	Dresdner Philharmonie from 1870 to 1885
Links	Music Onn , Dresdner Philharmonie - History 1870-1914

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