in the traditional manner, is not referring to the Palm Sunday cantata Himmelskönig, sei willkommen by J. S. Bach, but to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Since court conductor Richard Wagner helped the then still controversial work to a resounding success on Palm Sunday in 1846, the repetition of the event became a Dresden tradition. See klassik-heute.com and newsropa.de conducting should
newsropa.de
in the traditional manner, is not referring to the Palm Sunday cantata Himmelskönig, sei willkommen by J. S. Bach, but to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Since court conductor Richard Wagner helped the then still controversial work to a resounding success on Palm Sunday in 1846, the repetition of the event became a Dresden tradition. See klassik-heute.com and newsropa.de conducting should
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Hans Böhm: "Young man, you are committed!" - Rudolf Dittrich on his "80th". In the Sächsisches Tageblatt [de], 11 February 1983.
Anonymus: 25jähriges Bühnenjubiläum von Rudolf Dittrich. In Die Union [de], 2 April 1954.