Later, the violinist and composer Johann Evangelist Brandl shared the directorship of the ensemble with Danner, and later became sole Kapellmeister.
Max Zenger, briefly after Levi, and then Felix Otto Dessoff from 1875, subsequently led the ensemble.
In the 20th century, the organisation received its current name in 1933, and the title of Hofkapellmeister evolved into Generalmusikdirektor (GMD).
Joseph Keilberth was the first to hold the title of GMD with the organisation, in one of his earliest conducting posts with this orchestra, from 1935 to 1940.
In the years after World War II, Otto Mazerath, Alexander Krannhals and Arthur Grüber guided the orchestra.