Emil Mollenhauer ( German: Emil Mollenhauer ; August 4, 1855 , Brooklyn - December 10, 1927 ) - American violinist and conductor of German origin.
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Mollenhauer's father, also a violinist, came to the United States from Erfurt and toured the country with an orchestra. Young Mollenhower made his debut as a violinist in 1864 , and soon after that he entered the orchestra of the Booth Theater in New York, led by his uncle. Then Mollenhower played under Theodore Thomas in concerts held in New York Central Park , and finally under the direction of Walter Damrosch at the New York Philharmonic Orchestra .
After moving to Boston, Mollenhauer entered the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1884, and four years later he became the head of the Boston Festival Orchestra, accompanying the American tour of various famous artists, including Nelly Melba , Eugene Isai , Henri Marto [1] . At the same time, he headed the Boston Brass Band, for which he performed a number of popular treatments (in particular, the “Spanish Rhapsody” by Emmanuel Chabrier and, in short, Requiem Giuseppe Verdi ).
In 1899, Mollenhower became the chief conductor of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society , which he directed until June 1927. He also taught violin at the New England Conservatory .
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- ↑ The Handel and Haydn's New Conductor // The New York Times , September 10, 1899.