Fritz Scheel

Johann Friedrich Ludwig “Fritz” Scheel (7 November 1852 – 13 March 1907) was a German conductor born in Fackenburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Scheel was the founder and first music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1900. He conducted rehearsals in German, and played mostly German music. After its first season, he fired half the musicians and replaced them with European players.

Scheel continued as the Philadelphia Orchestra's music director until his death in Philadelphia in 1907. He died at age 54 and is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

References

Molzow, Hartwig (2006) (in German). Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck - Scheel, Fritz. Neumünster: Wachholtz. pp. 354–359. ISBN 3529025607.
Elson, Louis Charles; Elson, Arthur (1904). The History of American music. New York: Macmillan. pp. 66, 70, 256. OCLC 1259138. http://books.google.com/books?id=-_A5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=fritz+scheel&source=web&ots=eOqM1bmN5o&sig=XcseU-FwQJZ39W_wTpc23T8mvhQ#PPR3,M1.

External links

Biography-West Laurel Hill Cemetery web site

Philadelphia Orchestra Music Directors

Fritz Scheel (1900-1907) · Karl Pohlig (1908-1912) · Leopold Stokowski (1912-1938) · Eugene Ormandy (1936-1980) · Riccardo Muti (1980-1992) · Wolfgang Sawallisch (1993-2003) · Christoph Eschenbach (2003-2008)

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Name	Scheel, Fritz
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Date of birth	7 November 1852
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Date of death	13 March 1907
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