Kappellmeister muzik

[Marcus]

Re "Kappellmeister muzik", apart from the obvious conductor/composers who excelled in both categories , (Mahler, R.Strauss, Wagner,Liszt,Weingartner, Bernstein, etc),  who are the Unsungs yet to be unearthed. I am sure, that with the multitude of "previously unknown" composers appearing on CD labels today, there will be a few more "Kappelmeisters" making an appearance soon.

[Peter1953]

Isn't it Kapellmeister Musik, Marcus?

Aren't there quite a number of unsung composers who acted as a conductor as well? But I wonder whether an Orchestra is the same as a Kapell?

[Marcus]

OOPs ! thanks Peter, my mistake, I think I spelt it correctly in another post. My German is worse than my Icelandic !
I use the term in the sense of "conductor's music" and I think the meaning has stretched over time to mean that.
Perhaps it should be Dirigent muzik.
I forgot to add Eugene Goossens (1893-1962), as a world renowned conductor & composer of note. The ABC have released a 3CD set of his orchestral music & a similar set of his complete piano music. The classical music scene reached its zenith in Australia in his time, he coached a very young Joan Sutherland to sing in his Opera Judith, and was responsible for the eventual building of the Sydney Opera House. He chose the site of the Opera House in the mid 50's, right on the harbour, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge towering on the opposite side of the harbour. The Bridge & Opera house lit up at night ,are a sight to behold. Arguably one of the finest Opera House sites in the world. The scandal which saw him return to England in 1956, came at a time when he was working untiringly for the cause of Australian music, and in my opinion he hasn't been equalled.

[Hovite]

Isn't it Kapellmeister Musik, Marcus?

In Britain it was Master of the King's Musick until very recently:

Nicholas Lanier (1625-1666)
Louis Grabu (1666-1674)
Nicholas Staggins (1674-1700)
John Eccles (1700-1735)
Maurice Greene (1735-1755)
William Boyce (1755-1779)
John Stanley (1779-1786)
William Parson (1786-1817)
William Shield (1817-1829)
Christian Kramer (1829-1834)
Franz Cramer (1834-1848)
George Frederick Anderson (1848-1870)
Sir William Cusins (1870-1893)
Sir Walter Parratt (1893-1924)
Sir Edward Elgar (1924-1834)
Sir Walford Davies (1934-1941)
Sir Arnold Bax (1942-1953)
Sir Arthur Bliss (1953-1975)
Malcolm Williamson (1975-2003)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (since 2004)