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Paul Scheinpflug

[b]Paul Scheinpflug[/b] (10 September 1875, Loschwitz, Dresden — 11 March 1937, Memel {[i]Klaipėda, Lithuania[/i]}) was a German composer and conductor. He served as the concertmaster of several notable orchestras, including [a=Bremer Philharmonisches Staatsorchester] (1898–1909), [url=https://discogs.com/artist/959901]Blüthner-Orchester[/url] (1914–1920), [a1338724] (1920–1928), and [a=Dresdner Philharmonie] (1929–1932). Scheinpflug studied at [l517392] with [a2974227], graduating in 1894. After a brief stint as a private tutor in Kyiv, he relocated to Bremen, conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra and several choirs. Between 1909 and 1914, Paul Scheinpflug served as the conductor at Königsberger Musikverein. In his later years, he primarily toured across Northern and Eastern Europe as a guest conductor with various ensembles, pioneering the later Romantic era repertoire, such as [a108439]. He caught pneumonia on tour and died at 61 in Memel, East Prussia (modern Lithuania). Scheinpflug's daughter, Marianne (1900—1986), was married to composer [a620729].