August Manns
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir August Friedrich Manns, August Friedrich Manns, Sir August Manns, Sire August Friedrich Manns
German conductor in Crystal Palace (1825-1907)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1825 births, 1907 deaths and 19th-century German male musicians.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Chile
- Active from
- 1937-08-03
- Active to
- 2021-09-25
Discography
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- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 22
Sir August Friedrich Manns (12 March 1825 – 1 March 1907) was a German-born conductor who made his career in England. After serving as a military bandmaster in Germany, he moved to England and soon became director of music at London's Crystal Palace. He increased the resident band to full symphonic strength and for more than forty years conducted concerts at popular prices. He introduced a wide range of music to London, including many works by young British composers, as well as works by German
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Friedrich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Stolec, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Place of death
- West Norwood
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- British English
- Religion
- Protestant Church in Germany
- Noble title
- Knight Bachelor
- Genre
- symphony
- Instrument
- horn
- Image
- August-manns-1898.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- place of burial
- West Norwood Cemetery
- Commons category
- August Manns
- date of death
- 1907-03-01
- date of birth
- 1825-03-12
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- social classification
- British nobility
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