Gustav Wohlgemuth

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 the same year, he also took over the direction of the Leipziger Singakademie [de], a mixed choir which was founded in 1802 by the then director of the Gewandhaus concerts and later Thomaskantor, Johann Gottfried Schicht.

In 1909, Wohlgemuth travelled to the US to serve as a member of the festival committee and as a judge at an international choir competition in New York.

[5] After he had already received the music director title from the city of Leipzig, Wohlgemuth was appointed "Königlich Sächsischen Professor" in 1918.

[6] In 1910, Wohlgemuth received the Silver "Cross of Merit for Art and Science"[7] and in 1924 the Marschnermedaille of the city of Hannover for his outstanding activity as conductor.