FRITZ SCHEEL

'Johann Friedrich Ludwig “Fritz” Scheel' (7 November 1852 – 13 March 1907) was a German conductor born in Fackenburg, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein. Scheel was the founder and first music director of the of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1900. He conducted rehearsals in German, and played mostly German music. After its first season, he fired half the musicians and replaced them with European players.
Scheel continued as the Orchestra's music director until his death in 1907.

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★ Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck - Scheel, Fritz, , Hartwig, Molzow, Wachholtz, 2006,