Karl Elmendorff

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Karl Eduard Maria Elmendorff (October 25, 1891 – October 21, 1962) was a German opera conductor.

Born in Düsseldorf, Elmendorff studied music at the Cologne College of Music and Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1913 to 1916 under Fritz Steinbach and Hermann Abendroth. Early in his career, he conducted for a number of cities including:

1916 to 1920 in Düsseldorf
1920 to 923 in Mainz
1923 to 1924 in Hagen
1925 at the Munich State Opera
1927 to 1942 at the Bayreuth Festival

Elmendorff also was a regular guest conductor in various European cities, including at La Scala. In 1937 he joined the NSDAP.^[1]

Discography

Götterdämmerung - Live 1942 Bayreuth, Label: Music & Arts Program, 2000 (recorded 1942)
Tannhäuser, Label: Naxos Records, 2001 (recorded 1930)
Tristan und Isolde, Label: Naxos, 2003 (recorded 1928)

References

↑ Fred K. Prieberg: Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933–1945, CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 1392–1393.

"Bayreuth's Blight". Time. 19 June 1933. Retrieved 2007-09-21.

Principal Conductors of the Staatskapelle Dresden

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Name	Elmendorff, Karl
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Short description	German conductor
Date of birth	October 25, 1891
Place of birth
Date of death	October 21, 1962
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