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Martin Stephani
Martin Stephani (born November 2, 1915, in Eisleben; died June 9, 1983, was a German conductor and professor. He served as a music consultant ("Musikreferent") in the SS "Führungshauptamt", conductor of the Waffen-SS Symphony Orchestra, and, after World War II, director of the Northwest German Academy of Music ( Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie) in Detmold. Life Stephani was born to the organist and municipal music director Hermann Stephani (1877–1960) and his wife Elisabeth (Hilde Lisa), née Kunze (1889–1969), in Eisleben, and grew up in Marburg, where his father worked as a university music director and lecturer in musicology starting in 1921. From 1937 to 1940, Stephani studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Walther Gmeindl, Fritz Stein, and Kurt Thomas and became a "Kameradschaftsführer" in the National Socialist Student Union there. In 1941, Stephani was initially assigned to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisleben
Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as both the hometown of the influential theologian Martin Luther and the place where he died; hence, its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. First mentioned in the late 10th century, Eisleben is divided into the old town of Altstadt, and new town of Neustadt. Neustadt was created for Eisleben's miners in the 14th century. As of 2020, Eisleben had a population of 22,668. It lies on the Halle–Kassel railway. History Eisleben was first mentioned in 997 as a market called Islebia, and in 1180 as a town. The counts of Mansfeld governed the area until the 18th century. During the Protestant Reformation, Count Hoyer VI of Mansfeld-Vorderort (1477–1540) remained loyal to his Catholic faith, but the family's Mittelort and Hinterort branches sided with Martin Luther. The German Peasants' War devastated the area, about a century before the Thirty Years War. Count Albert VII of Mansfeld-Hinterort (1480–1560) signed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
