Hermann Fliege

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Hermann Fliege (born 1828-1829, Germany, died 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.

[edit] Compositions

  • Eine fromme Schwester (opera)[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schuster, Bernhard (ed.) (1908). Die Musik vol. xxv (in German). Berlin, Leipzig: Schuster & Loeffler, 320. OCLC 1696908. 
  2. ^ Seitz, Robert (ed.) (1882). Musikalisches Centralblatt vol. 2 (in German). Leipzig: Robert Seitz, p. 373. OCLC 72814804. 
  3. ^ Fliege, Hermann; O Pätel, Wilhelm Mannstädt (n.d.). Eine fromme Schwester: Singspiel in 1 Akt. Berlin: A. Kühling. OCLC 84513635. 
Preceded by
none		 Music Director, St Petersburg Philharmonic
1882–1907		 Succeeded by
Hugo Varlikh