Ludwig von Brenner

Ludwig von Brenner (19 September 1833 – 9 February 1902) was a German conductor and composer.

He was born in Leipzig, and studied at Leipzig conservatoire, later going to Saint Petersburg to play in the court orchestra of the Tsar.^[1] In 1872 he returned to Germany, conducting an orchestra known as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra before establishing his own Neue Berliner Symphoniekapelle in 1876.^[1] In 1882 he became the first conductor of the newly established Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, leading its Berlin debut concert on October 17 of that year.^[2] He continued to conduct the orchestra until 1884. He later went to Breslau, conducting an orchestra in succession to Meyder. He died in Berlin.

He was especially renowned as a composer of sacred music. His works include 4 grand masses; 2 Te Deums; symphonic poems, overtures, and other orchestral music.^[1]

• Baker, Theodore; Alfred Remy (1919). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (third edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: G. Schirmer. OCLC 752566. Article "Brenner, Ludwig von"