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Wilhelm Jahn

Wilhelm Jahn

Austrian conductor

For the German athlete and Youth Movement Leader, see Willie Jahn.

Wilhelm Jahn (24 November 1835 in Dvorce – 21 April 1900 in Vienna) was an Austrian conductor.

Wilhelm Jahn

Life

Jahn 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. [1]
    Kennedy, Michael (1999). Richard Strauss: Man, Muisician, Enigma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 27.
  2. [2]
    Cohrs, Benjamin. "Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major WAB 106" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2014.


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