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1Leipzig (where he also gave piano recitals), he went to Munich in 1854; was teacher at the Munich Cons. (1856-58); then municipal music director at Aachen (1858-64). He returned to Munich in 1864; succeeded Hans von Bülow as conductor of the Munich court theater in 1869; became 1st Kapellmeister in 1870. Under unfavorable conditions (against Wagner's wishes) he prepared and conducted the first performances of Das Rheingold (Sept. 22, 1869) and Die Walküre (June 26, 1870). In 1877 he became court conductor at Dresden; in 1882 Schuch was promoted to take his place; thereafter Wüllner conducted the Berlin Philharmonic (1883-84); and on Oct. 1, 1884, succeeded Hiller as director of the Cologne Cons., later becoming also municipal music director, which posts he held until his death. He was an excellent conductor in both opera and symph. concerts; directed the Lower Rhine Music Festivals in 1864, 1886, and 1890. He was highly esteemed as a teacher, and made a good name for himself as a composer; for the choral classes of the Munich School of Music he wrote the valuable and practical 'Chorübungen der Münchener Musikschule' (1867; new ed. by E. Schwickerath, Munich, 1931). —Works: vocal with orch.: Die Flucht der heiligen Familie; Heinrich der Finkler; Deutscher Siegesgesang; Lied und Leben; Psalm 98; Psalm 127; church music a cappella: 2 Masses; motets; Miserere for double chorus; Stabat Mater for double chorus; several secular choruses; chamber music; 2 piano sonatas and other piano pieces; songs. His additional recitatives to Weber's Oberon have been adopted in many German opera houses. —Cf. O. Klauwcell, Studien und Erinnerungen (Langensalza, 1906); E. Wolff, ed., Johannes Brahms im Briefwechsel mit Franz Wüllner (Berlin, 1922; with a list of works); J. Wüllner, Johannes Brahms in seiner Lebensfreundschaft mit Franz Wüllner, in 'Die Musik' (March, 1942).
3Wüllner, Ludwig, distinguished German singer; son of Franz Wüllner; b. Münster, Aug. 19, 1858; d. Berlin, March 19, 1938. He studied Germanic philology at the universities of Munich, Berlin, and Strasbourg, and took the degree of Dr. phil.; taught Germanic philology at the Akademie in Münster (1884-87), and sang occasionally in concert; his musical training began only in 1887, when he took a course of study at the Cologne Cons. A second change of vocation brought him to the Meiningen court theater, where he appeared as an actor of heroic parts in the spoken drama (1889-95); became friendly with Brahms, who commended his singing of German folksongs. In 1895 he gave song recitals in Berlin with such acclaim that he decided to devote himself mainly to lieder. He then made tours of all Europe, arousing tremendous enthusiasm; his first recital in N. Y. (Nov. 15, 1908) was a sensational success, and he followed it by one extensive tour of the U. S. and then another (1909-10). His peculiar distinction was his ability to give an actor's impersonation of the character of each song, introducing an element of drama on the concert stage. —Cf. F. Ludwig, L. Wüllner. Sein Leben und seine Kunst (Leipzig, 1931).
5Wunderer, Alexander, Austrian oboist, composer, and teacher; b. Vienna, April 11, 1877; d. Zinkenbach, near St. Gilgen (Salzkammergut), Dec. 29, 1955. He taught the oboe and other wind instruments at the State Academy of Music in Vienna (1919-37); wrote chamber music; was co-author of a book on orchestration. After 1945 he taught oboe classes at the Salzburg Mozarteum.
7Wunsch, Hermann, German composer; b. Neuss, Aug. 9, 1884; d. Berlin, Dec. 21, 1954. He studied in Düsseldorf and Cologne and later at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where he subsequently taught (prof., 1945). He composed 6 symphonies, of which the 5th won the Schubert Memorial Prize (German section) of the Columbia Phonograph Co. contest (Schubert Centennial, 1928). Other works include the chamber operas Bianca (Weimar, May 22, 1927), Don Juans Sohn (Weimar, 1928), and Franzosenzeit (Schwerin, 1933); 2 Masses; Südpolkanzate for chorus and orch.; Helden for chorus and orch. (Berlin, 1941); 3 violin concertos; concerto for piano and small orch.; Kleine Lustspielsuite for orch.; Fest auf Monbijou, suite for chamber orch.; Erntelied, a symph. with a concluding chorus.
9Wünsch, Walther, ethnomusicologist; b. Gablonz, Bohemia, July 23, 1908. He studied musicology in Prague with Becking, and later in Vienna; then taught in Prague; was teacher in Graz until 1945; then moved to Gratkorn. He publ. Die Geigentechnik der südslawischen Guslaren (Brno, 1934); Helldensänger in Südosteuropa (Leipzig, 1937); various other essays on folk music in European periodicals.
11Würfel, Wilhelm, pianist and composer; b. Planian, Bohemia, 1791; d. Vienna, April
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