Paul Scheinpflug (10 September 1875 near Dresden – 11 March 1937) was a German conductor and composer. Born in

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, Scheinpflug studied at the

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from 1890 to 1894, among others with

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. After a short stay in 1897/1898 as a private tutor in Kiev, he moved to

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in 1898, where he worked as

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of the Philharmonic Orchestra and director of several choirs. From 1909 to 1914 he was conductor of the Musikverein in Königsberg and from 1914 to 1920 conductor of the Blüthner Orchestra in Berlin. From 1920 to 1928 he was General Music Director of the

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and from 1929 to 1932 Chief Conductor of the

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. After that he often travelled to the countries of Northern and Eastern Europe as a guest conductor. As a conductor he preferred the composers of the late romantic period and was particularly committed to the dissemination

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's works. As a composer, he created

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, smaller orchestral works (''Overture to a comedy by Shakespeare'', op. 15) and the opera ''Das Hofkonzert'', whereby in his late compositions he distanced himself from the emotional burden of his previous works. Paul Scheinpflug fell ill during a concert tour to

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, which he started at the end of February 1937. On 11 March 1937, at the age of 61, he died of

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in a hospital in Memel. His grave is located at the

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(Grablage: 20-B-34). His daughter Marianne (1900-1986) had been married to the composer

Ernst Pepping Ernst Pepping (12 September 1901 – 1 February 1981) was a German composer of classical music and academic teacher. He is regarded as an important composer of Protestant sacred music in the 20th century. Pepping taught at the and the . His mus ...

since 1937.

Work

* Trio-Suite für Klavier, Violine und Cello : op. 19 * Streich-Quartett in c-Moll für zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncello * ''Worpswede : Stimmungen aus Niedersachsen : für mittlere Singstimme, Violine, Englisch Horn (oder Viola) u. Klavier, op. 5''''Worpswede : Stimmungen aus Niedersachsen : für mittlere Singstimme, Violine, Englisch Horn (oder Viola) u. Klavier, op. 5''
on WorldCat

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Brustbild von Paul Scheinpflug
der Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheinpflug, Paul 1875 births 1937 deaths Composers from Dresden 20th-century German conductors (music) German male classical composers 20th-century German classical composers German male classical violinists Concertmasters Chief conductors of the Dresden Philharmonic