After the last war in the year 1948 Cologne resigned out of this cycle of the music festival, whereas the cities Wuppertal, a fusion of Elberfeld and Barmen, and Duisburg acceded to this meeting.
Temporary in 1834 the king Frederick William III of Prussia interdicted this performance on Whitsun for religious reasons, but by the intercession of his nephew prince Frederick of Prussia, an art enthusiast and protector of the art societies of Düsseldorf, the festival regained permission with some restrictions.
From the beginning the Lower Rhenish Music Festival apprehended as a societal and cultural culmination on a highly artistically level.
To the home and foreign guests, politicians, business people and members of the high nobility there were presented all the compositions, which played a significant role at that time.
The table lists the chronology of the Lower Rhenish Music Festival, compiled from a selection of reliable sources.