Hentschel, Theodor
Hentschel, Theodor
Hentschel, Theodor, German conductor and composer; b. Schirgiswalde, March 28, 1830; d. Hamburg, Dec. 19, 1892. He studied with Reissiger and Ciccarelli in Dresden, then was active as a theater conductor in Bremen (1860–90), and then at Hamburg. He wrote the operas Matrose und Sänger (Leipzig, 1857), Der Königspage (Bremen, 1874), Die Braut von Lusignan, oder Die schöne Melusine (Bremen, 1875), Lancelot (Bremen, 1878), and Des Königs Schwerdt (Hamburg, 1891), as well as overtures and symphonic marches for orch., piano music, and songs.
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