- Lothar Kempter
Lothar Kempter (
February 5 ,1844 –July 14 ,1918 ) was a German - Swisscomposer and conductor.He was born in 1844 in
Lauingen . His father was music teacher Friedrich Kempter. Following his father's wishes he started studyinglaw at the University of Munich. In 1868, after his father had died, he changed to studyingmusic . At the Royal Music Academy inMunich he studiedMusical ensemble withHans von Bülow , composition withJosef Rheinberger , choirsinging withFranz Wüllner , andpiano withCarl Bärmann .In 1871, he moved to
Magdeburg , where he became secondKapellmeister of the orchestra ofStadttheater Magdeburg . The same year he married singer Caroline Leonoff.He then conducted for three years the orchestra at the
Strasbourg theatre. In 1875 he became Kapellmeister at the Aktientheather inZürich , a position which he held until 1915. In 1879 he became director of theTonhalle Orchester Zurich .In 1886 he began teaching
music theory and composition at theZurich Conservatory . In 1892 he became a citizen of Zürich.In 1911 he was awarded an honourary
doctorate from theUniversity of Zurich .In 1899, eleven years after his first wife Caroline had died, he married Hedwig Ratzinger, who died in 1908. In 1910, he married Philomena Jakob (alias Philo Jarno). Both were singers at the Stadttheater Zurich.
He died in
Vitznau .References
* Material from the [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lothar_Kempter&oldid=45339664 German Wikipedia article]
* Material from External links belowExternal links
* [http://www.zb.uzh.ch/index.html?http://www.zb.unizh.ch/SONDERSA/MUSIK/kempterlotharsr/kempterl.htm Biography] (in German)
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