Talk:Karl Elmendorff

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I decided to move this quotation, which I originally put in the article, into the discussion section. The reason is that it is strongly opinionated and conflicts with other music reviews that I have read that suggest that Elmendorff was a solid and able conductor. The fact that he was invited to La Scala indicates that his supporters probably have evidence on their side. Below is the original quote from Time magazine. According to the journalist,

Aged Karl Muck is too frail now to conduct. Wilhelm Furtwangler is in high favor with Hitler but at odds with Frau Wagner because he felt she favored Toscanini. Fritz Busch is no Jew but the Nazis took his Dresden job away from him because they felt he had Red sympathies. Leo Blech who is a Jew has been permitted to keep his Berlin State Opera post because Kaiser Wilhelm gave it to him. But it is doubtful if Chancellor Hitler will want to grant Blech any more favors. Consensus last week was that most of the Festival performances would be directed by Karl Elmendorff, Bayreuth's staff conductor, a man of mediocre talent who in past years has turned out stupid performances shoddily rehearsed.^[1]

Dtaw2001 15:21, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Bayreuth's Blight, Time Magazine, June 19, 1933

Verdi

Grove V says "While at Wiesbaden and Mannheim he paid special attention to Verdi and arranged the first performances of some of the composer's less well-known operas". I assume these were the FPs in those cities, or in Germany, not world premieres. -- JackofOz (talk) 21:46, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stub category removed

I have removed the stub category from this article. There is of course still work to be done but it's no longer a stub. --Flourbomb (talk) 19:37, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]