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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Both Dresden and Leipzig, Saxony’s leading cities, claim to have Europe’s oldest permanent orchestra, although Norway insists on Bergen’s Harmonien being the oldest. While both German towns got municipal music dating back to the 16th hundred years, the Dresdner Staatskapelle (developed in 1548 like a courtroom orchestra) can state an …

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