Wilhelm Jahn

For the German athlete and Youth Movement Leader, see Wilhelm Jahn (athlete).
Wilhelm Jahn

Wilhelm Jahn (24 November 1835, in Dvorce u Bruntálu, Moravia 21 April 1900, in Vienna, Austria) was an Austro-Hungarian conductor. He served as director of the Vienna Court Opera from 1880 to 1897 and principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 to 1883. He gave the partial premiere of Bruckner's Symphony No. 6, performing the middle two movements in 1883.[1][2]

References

  1. Kennedy, Michael (1999). Richard Strauss: Man, Muisician, Enigma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 27.
  2. Cohrs, Benjamin. "Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major WAB 106" (PDF). Retrieved 12 August 2014.


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