Emil Adolf Büchner was a German conductor and bandmaster of the 19th Century. He wrote an important number of compositions , including operas, chamber music, choral works and symphonies.

Even in his childhood by his parents encouraged music, Emil Adolf Büchner attended and graduated the Leipzig Conservatory between April 1843 and Easter 1846. He was the 9th student to attend the newly formed conservatory and was exempt from paying tuition fees. After his studies, he worked as a piano teacher in Leipzig until 1856. After numerous engagements as a conductor he was from 1865 to court music and conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra

Meiningen Court Orchestra

The Meiningen Court Orchestra is one of the oldest and most traditional orchestras in Europe. The now 68-member orchestra is part of the Meininger Theater and in addition to their performances at opera performances regularly give symphony concerts and youth concerts...

 in the capital city of Meiningen

Meiningen

Meiningen is a town in Germany - located in the southern part of the state of Thuringia and is the district seat of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. It is situated on the river Werra....

 .

Büchner and the court orchestra held together with Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...

 in 1867 in Meiningen, the festival of " General German Music Society ". In 1876 he introduced at the request of Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...

 , the main contingent of the festival orchestra at the first Bayreuth Festival , which many years later participated in the Festival. The orchestra was able to bring Büchner during his time as Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...

 to a significant increase in quality. In 1880 he gave his famous successor, Hans von Bülow

Hans von Bülow

Hans Guido Freiherr von Bülow was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. He was one of the most famous conductors of the 19th century, and his activity was critical for establishing the successes of several major composers of the time, including Richard...

, the chapel, next to a known top European orchestra developed.

1881 Emil Adolf Büchner retired and moved to Erfurt

Erfurt

Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...

 on. There, he led from 1882 to 1898 the "Sollerschen Musikverein. On his 80th Birthday, he finally got by Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914.-Family and early life:...

 granted the title of professor.

Buechner was a member of the Leipzig Masonic Lodge Minerva

Minerva

Minerva was the Roman goddess whom Romans from the 2nd century BC onwards equated with the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic...

to the three palm trees.

Sources

• Encyclopedia Erfurt, 99084 Erfurt
• Meininger museums, 98617 Meiningen