Gustav Wohlgemuth

Gustav Wohlgemuth (2 December 1863 – 2 March 1937) was a German choral conductor and composer. Career Wohlgemuth was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1878, he attended the teacher training seminar in Grimma. Afterwards he worked as a teacher in the Leipzig Volksschule . During this time he conducted two men’s chorus: the Liederfels and the Liederhain. On 14 March 1891, Wohlgemuth united both choirs to form one men’s chorus, which he directed until his death and led to national fame. In 1900 he gave up his teaching profession and studied for three years at the Leipzig Conservatory. In the same year, he also took over the direction of the , a mixed choir which was founded in 1802 by the then director of the Gewandhaus concerts and later Thomaskantor, Johann Gottfried Schicht. From 1896 to 1932, Wohlgemuth took part in the festivals of the as festival conductor of the complete chorus. From 1898 until 1932, he was a member of the executive committee of the Deutscher Sängerbund as musical expert of the managing committee. In the autumn of 1906, Wohlgemuth took over as editor of the magazine Sängerhalle (later Deutsche Sängerbund-Zeitung) for 20 years. He was a member of the Leip