Artist description AN ORCHESTRA OF 1890 – RE-CREATED THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY OF 2000 . . . The Cassel-Felstein Grand Ducal Court Orchestra*, to give it its full name, is a digital reconstruction of a symphony orchestra of the immediate post-Wagnerian period (about 1880-1900). Instrumental sounds and playing styles have been carefully researched, using early recordings and written sources. Even the mistakes are authentic! * In German: erzherzogliche kasselfelsteinische Hofkapelle.

Music Style Classical

Musical Influences Early recordings & memoirs/biographies of 19th-century musicians

Artist History I have been working on this project since 1995, although its ultimate origin lies in research I carried out nearly 30 years ago for a projected book on the history of classical music on record 1878-1939.

Group Members Patron, Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein; conductor, Prof. Dr. Chlodwig Lothar von Muemblingen; piano soloist, Countess Henriette von Megerszaly; leader, Wilhelm Peuntsch; principal 2nd violin, Michael Scharr; principal viola, Alexandre Doussaye; principal cello, Peter Sacher; principal bass, Oswald Heribert; first flute, Cyprien Jacquet; first oboe, Robert Saagen-Wolten; first clarinet, Wilfried Moehnert; first bassoon, Louis van Masseghem; first horn, Gysbrecht Maertens; first trumpet, Arthur Wüllenkampf; first trombone, Paul Rocaczy; bass trombone, Wilhelm Graesch; tuba, Hubertus van Sulleren; timpani, Anatole Granizzi.

Instruments Two flutes (& piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets (in F), three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 12 first violins, 12 second violins, 9 violas, 10 cellos, 8 basses, six fingers and a mouse!

Location Redruth, Cornwall - United Kingdom

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