Hermann Zumpe

Hermann Zumpe (9 April 1850 in Taubenheim, Saxony – 4 September 1903 in Munich) was a German conductor and composer.

Zumpe was educated at the teachers' Seminary at Bautzen, was a schoolmaster at Weigsdorf in 1870-71, from thence going to Leipzig, and playing the triangle in the Stadttheater there;he was one of those who helped Wagner in thepreparation of the "Ring" at Bayreuth in theyears 1873-70, and after this he conducted inthe theatres of Salzburg, Würzburg, Magdeburg,
Frankfurt, and Hamburg (in 1884-86). In1891 he went to Stuttgart as Court Capellmeister, taking over the conductorship of theSociety for Classical Church Music, in lieu ofFaisst, who was ill. In 1895 he became conductorof the Kaim Concerts in Munich, andwas made Court Capellmeister at Schwerinin1897. He visited London to conduct theWagner performances at Covent Garden in 1898.In 1900 he received the most important appointmentof his career, that of Court-Capellmeisterat Munich, directing what would later become the Bavarian State Opera. Here he was especially active indirecting the famous Wagner performancesat the Prinz Regenten Theater up to 1903,in which year, on Sept. 4, he died suddenly.Among his compositionswere: a fairy opera, "Anhana" (Berlin, 1880), "Die verwunschene Prinzessin," operettas "Farinelli" (Hamburg, 1886), "Karin" (Hamburg,1888), and "Polnische Wirtschaft" (Berlin,1891). At his death the score of anotheropera, "Sawitri", was found incomplete, and wasscored by Gustav von Roessler, and producedat Schwerin.

References

* cite book
first=J. A.
last=Fuler-Maitland (ed.)
title=Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. v
location=New York
publisher=Macmillan and Co.
year=1910
oclc= 5000207 article "Zumpe, Hermann"