Everything about Theodore Eisfeld totally explained
Theodore Eisfeld (
1816,
Wolfenbüttel,
Braunschweig,
Germany –
16 September1882,
Wiesbaden) was a
conductor, most notably of
New York Philharmonic Society, which became the New York Philharmonic.
Eisfeld's chief instructor in musical composition was
Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, of
Dresden. Between 1839 and 1843 he served as
Kapellmeister of the Court Theatre at
Wiesbaden. He came to
New York in 1848, and in 1849 was the first man chosen to by the New York Philharmonic Society to be sole conductor for an entire season (prior to this time it had been customary for several musicians to share the conducting duties). At this time the post of conductor would change from season to season, sometimes with two men sharing the duties. On
18 February 1851, he began a series of
quartet concerts, the first being given at
Hope Chapel. Eisfeld was also the first conductor of the
Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, which was founded in 1857. He continued in this position, alternating with
Theodore Thomas between 1862 and 1865, before Thomas took over.
On Eisfeld's return trip from a visit to Europe in September 1858, he was one of the few survivors of the burning of the
steamship SS Austria where he was lashed to a platform and so drifted on the ocean, without food, for nearly two days and nights. Eisfeld never recovered from this extraordinary prostration, returning to Germany in 1866, and remained there until his death in
Wiesbaden at 66.
In his autobiography,
Theodore Thomas described Eisfeld as follows: {{cquote|Eisfeld belonged to the class of "time-beaters" and would make corrections in the harmonies of master-works he didn't understand
1854-1855 Eisfeld and Henry Timm
1855-1856 Carl Bergmann
1856-1858 Eisfeld
1858-1859 Bergmann
1859-1865 Bergmann and Eisfeld
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