Edgar Wollgandt
Edgar Wollgandt (18 July 1880 in Wiesbaden – 25 December 1949) was a German violinist.
After attending a secondary school in Wiesbaden, Wollgandt first did his military service as a one-year volunteer.
In 1903 he became First concert master of the Gewandhausorchester and primarius of the Gewandhaus Quartet, a position he held until 1941.
In 1916 he was called up for military music service with the Reserve Infantry Regiment 107 in Borna.
In 1928 he got a professorship and taught at the Staatliche Hochschule für Theater und Musik Halle [de].
Edgar Wollgandt, circa 1905
Edgar Wollgandt (li.) with the Gewandhaus Quartet (circa 1920)
Wollgandt's grave (2011)