Hermann Fliege

Hermann Fliege (9 September 1829, Stendal, Germany – 8 November 1907, St Petersburg)[1] was a German composer and conductor. In 1882 he was appointed the first director of what would later become the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra when he was named leader of a band of 100 musicians at the court of Tsar Alexander III.[2] He continued to hold this position until his death in 1907.

Compositions

References

  1. ^ Schuster, Bernhard (ed.) (1908) (in German). Die Musik. vol. xxv. Berlin, Leipzig: Schuster & Loeffler. pp. 320. OCLC 1696908. http://books.google.com/books?id=8mk5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Hermann+fliege%22+petersburg&dq=%22Hermann+fliege%22+petersburg&hl=de&ei=R24kTpqzCI34sgb8zu24Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA. 
  2. ^ Seitz, Robert (ed.) (1882) (in German). Musikalisches Centralblatt. vol. 2. Leipzig: Robert Seitz. pp. p. 373. OCLC 72814804. http://books.google.com/books?id=5xkWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hermann+fliege%22+petersburg&dq=%22Hermann+fliege%22+petersburg&hl=de&ei=R24kTpqzCI34sgb8zu24Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ. 
  3. ^ Fliege, Hermann; O Pätel, Wilhelm Mannstädt (n.d.). Eine fromme Schwester: Singspiel in 1 Akt. Berlin: A. Kühling. OCLC 84513635. 

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Preceded by
none
Music Director, St Petersburg Philharmonic
1882–1907
Succeeded by
Hugo Varlikh