Paul Scheinpflug

[1] Born in Loschwitz, Scheinpflug studied at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden from 1890 to 1894, among others with Felix Draeseke.

After a short stay in 1897/1898 as a private tutor in Kiev, he moved to Bremen in 1898, where he worked as concert master of the Philharmonic Orchestra and director of several choirs.

[2] As a conductor he preferred the composers of the late romantic period and was particularly committed to the dissemination Richard Strauss's works.

As a composer, he created chamber music, smaller orchestral works (Overture to a comedy by Shakespeare, op.

Paul Scheinpflug fell ill during a concert tour to Lithuania, which he started at the end of February 1937.