Tabular History of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein (1859-1937)

Founding Era under Franz Brendel (1859-1868)
 

1859 First Tonkünstlerversammlung, Leipzig
1859-61 Deliberations regarding the founding of the Society
(Ambros, Bach, Brendel, Köhler, Liszt, Schäffer, Weitzmann)
1861 Founding of Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein at second Tonkünstlerversammlung, Weimar; Festival, August 5-7

President: Franz Brendel (died in 1868)
Vice President: Carl Riedel
Secretary: Richard Pohl/Carl Gille (until 1898)
Treasurer: C. F. KahntBoard of Directors: Hans von Bülow, Carl Gille/Adolf Stern (until 1898), Louis Köhler, Franz Liszt, C.F. Weitzmann

1864 Festival in Karlsruhe, August 22-25
1865 Festival in Dessau, May 25-28
1866 Festival in Coburg (cancelled)
1867 Festival in Meiningen, August 22-26
1868 Festival in Altenburg, July 19-23
1868 Death of Brendel

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Era under Carl Riedel (1868-1888)
 

1868 Carl Riedel selected as President (in office until death in 1888)
1869 Musikertag in Leipzig, July 10-13
1870 Festival in Weimar, May 26-29
1871 Musikertag in Magdeburg, September 16-18
1872 Festival in Kassel, June 27-30
1873 Musikertag in Leipzig, April 14-16
1874 Festival in Halle, July 25-27
1876 Festival in Altenburg, May 28-31
1877 Festival in Hannover, May 19-24
1878 Festival in Erfurt, June 21-26
1879 Festival in Wiesbaden, June 5-8
1880 Festival in Baden-Baden, May 20-23
1881 Festival in Magdeburg, June 9-12
1881 Liszt becomes Honorary President
1882 Festival in Zürich, July 8-12
1883 Fesitval in Leipzig, May 3-6
1884 Festival in Weimar, May 24-27
1885 Festival in Karlsruhe, May 28-31
1886 Festival in Sondershausen, June 3-6
1887 Festival in Köln, June 26-29
1888 Festival in Dessau, May 10-13

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Era of Identity Crisis and Decline under Hans von Bronsart (1888-1898) and Fritz Steinbach (1898-1901)
 

1888-1901 Presidents: Bronsart/Steinbach
Vice-President: Felix Weingartner
Secretary: Otto Lessmann
Treasurer: Oskar von Hase

1889 Festival in Wiesbaden, June 27-30
1890 Festival in Eisenach, June 19-22
1891 Festival in Berlin, May 31-June 3
1892 Festival in Vienna (cancelled)
1893 Festival in München, May 27-28
1894 Festival in Weimar, June 1-5
1895 Festival in Braunschweig, June 12-15
1896 Festival in Leipzig, May 28-June 1
1897 Festival in Mannheim, May 26-June 2
1898 Festival in Mainz, June 25-28
1899 Festival in Dortmund, May 10-13
1900 Festival in Bremen, May 23-27
1901 Festival in Heidelberg, June 1-4

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Revival under Strauss (1901-1909)
 

1901-09 President: Richard Strauss (until 1909)
Vice-President: Max von Schillings (President after 1909)
Secretary: Friedrich Rosch
Treasurer: Gustav Rassow
Members-at-Large of the Board of Directors: Otto Lessmann, Felix Mottl, Hans Sommer

1902 Festival in Krefeld, June 6-9
1903 Festival in Basel, June 12-15
1904 Festival in Frankfurt, May 27-June 1
1905 Festival in Graz, May 31-June 4
1906 Festival in Essen, May 24-27
1907 Festival in Dresden, June 29-July 2
1908 Festival in München, June 1-5
1909 Festival in Stuttgart, June 3-6

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1909-1919 President: Max von Schillings
 

1910 Festival in Zürich, May 27-31
1911 Festival in Heidelberg, October 22-25
1912 Festival in Danzig, May 27-June 1
1913 Festival in Jena, June 3-7
1914 Festival in Essen, May 22-27

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Festivals halted during W.W. I; resume 1920


1919-1925 President: Friederich Rosch
 

1920 Festival in Weimar, June 8-12
1921 Festival in Nürnberg, June 13-18
1922 Festival in Düsseldorf, June 3-8
1923 Festival in Kassel, June 8-13
1924 Festival in Frankfurt a.M., June 9-15
1925 Festival in Kiel, June 14-18

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1926-1935 President: Siegmund von Hausegger
 

1926 Festival in Chemnitz, May 25-29
1927 Festival in Krefeld, June 12-16
1928 Festival in Schwerin, May 20-24
1929 Festival in Duisburg, July 2-7
1930 Festival in Königsberg, June 5-9
1931 Festival in Bremen, May 11-16
1932 Festival in Zürich, June 10-14
1933 Festival in Dortmund, June 19-22
1934 Festival in Wiesbaden, June 3-7

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1935-1937 President: Peter Raabe
 

1935 2 Festivals; in Hamburg, June 1-7; in Berlin, September 22-24
1936 Festival in 3 locations, June 12-18: Weimar (June 12-15), Jena (June 16-17), Eisenach (June 18)
1937 Festival in 2 locations, June 8-13: Darmstadt (June 8-10,13),
Frankfurt am Main (June 11-12)

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