Director musices
Director musices, Latin for music director, was a title held by music directors especially at European universities or cathedrals; sometimes also at cathedral schools. The title is still used at universities in Sweden. In Finland it is an honorary award given by the government.
Today directores[1] musices are primarily responsible for music activities at a university and choral and/or orchestra conductors.
Swedish universities with director musices positions
- Uppsala University, since 1620
- Lund University, since 1748
- Linköping University, since 1993
- Umeå University, since 2000
- Royal Institute of Technology, since 2002
- Örebro University, since 2003
- Linnaeus University, since 2010
Directores musices
- Johann Sebastian Bach, "Cantor zu St. Thomae et Director Musices Lipsiensis"
- Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner, Uppsala University 1808–1833
- Wilhelm Stenhammar, Uppsala University 1909
- Hugo Alfvén, Uppsala University 1910–1939
- Lars-Erik Larsson, Uppsala University 1961–1965
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See also
- Kapellmeister
- Director of Music
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