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Kempter, Lothar, 1844-1918

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Personal name headingKempter, Lothar, 1844-1918
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LocatedZurich (Switzerland)
Birth date1844-02-05
Death date1918-07-14
Place of birthLauingen (Bavaria, Germany)
Place of deathVitznau (Switzerland)
AffiliationTonhalle-Orchester
Profession or occupationComposers Conductors (Music)
Found inKempter, L. Ballade für Flöte mit Klavier Begleitung, op. 37, c1904: t.p. (Lothar Kempter)
Pierreuse, B. Flûte litterature: p. 592 (Kempter Lothar, 1844-1918)
Wikipedia, September 29, 2020 (Lothar Kempter; Lothar Kempter (born 5 February 1844 in Lauingen; died 14 July 1918 in Vitznau) was a German-Swiss composer and conductor; he was second Kapellmeister of the orchestra of the Stadttheater Magdeburg, then conducted for three years the orchestra at the Strasbourg theatre; in 1875, he became Kapellmeister at the Aktientheather in Zürich, a position which he held until 1915; in 1879 he became director of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich; in 1886, he began teaching music theory and composition at the Zürich Conservatory; in 1911 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Zürich)