Franz Wüllner (1832-1902)
- Te Deum (1888)
Performers: Rodеnkirchener Choir and Orchestra; Harald Jеrs (conductor)
Further info: Franz Wüllner (1832-1902)
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German pianist, conductor and composer. Son of Franz Wüllner (1798-1842)
and Josephina Winkelmann, he studied with Anton Felix Schindler and
Carl Arnold in Munster and Frankfurt am Main (1846-50). From 1850 to
1854 he was active as a concert artist. He was a teacher at the Munich
music school (1856-58), then music director in Aachen (1858-64). In 1864
he returned to Munich, where he became court music director of the
church choir. He then taught at the music school (from 1867), and also
conducted at the Court Opera. Under unfavorable conditions (against
Wagner's wishes), he prepared and conducted the first performance of Das
Rheingold (1869) and Die Walküre (1870), the success of which led to
his appointment as principal conductor there in 1871. In 1877 he became
court conductor at Dresden, and also director of the Conservatory. In
1882 Ernst von Schuch was promoted to take his place; thereafter Wullner
was one of the conductors of the Berlin Philharmonic for the 1882-1885
seasons. In 1884 he became conductor of the Gurzenich Concerts in
Cologne and director of the Cologne Conservatory, later becoming also
municipal music director, posts he held until his death. He was awarded
an honorary doctorate from the University of Munich in 1877 and he was
highly regarded as a choral composer. Although he was chiefly remembered
as a conductor, his musical achievements are many-faceted. His
compositions, most of them unpublished, show that he was a prominent
representative of the Mendelssohn tradition and Berlin academicism. His
son Ludwig Wüllner (1858-1938) was a baritone and actor.
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