- Hermann Fliege
Hermann Fliege (born 1828-1829, Germany, died 8 November 1907, St Petersburg) [cite book
title=Die Musik
pages=320
first=Bernhard (ed.)
last=Schuster
volume=vol. xxv
coauthors=
language=German
location=Berlin, Leipzig
publisher=Schuster & Loeffler
oclc= 1696908
date=1908
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8mk5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA320-IA7&vq=%22hermann+fliege%22&dq=%22hermann+fliege%22&as_brr=3] was a German
composer and conductor. In 1882 he was appointed the first director of what would later become theSt Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra when he was named leader of a band of 100 musicians at the court of Tsar Alexander III. [ cite book
first=Robert (ed.)
last=Seitz
title=Musikalisches Centralblatt
volume=vol. 2
language=German
location=Leipzig
publisher=Robert Seitz
pages=p. 373
date=1882
oclc= 72814804
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5xkWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA373&vq=%22hermann+fliege%22&dq=%22hermann+fliege%22&as_brr=3] He continued to hold this position until his death in 1907.Compositions
* "Eine fromme Schwester" (opera) [cite book
title=Eine fromme Schwester: Singspiel in 1 Akt
first=Hermann
last=Fliege
coauthors=O Pätel, Wilhelm Mannstädt
location=Berlin
publisher=A. Kühling
date=n.d.
oclc=84513635]References
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