Hermann Levi was a German orchestral conductor. Born in Gießen, he was the son of a Jewish rabbi. He was educated at Gießen and Mannheim, and came to Vincenz Lachner's notice. From 1855 to 1858 Levi studied at the Leipzig conservatorium, and after a series of travels which took him to Paris, he obtained his first post as music director at Saarbrücken, which post he exchanged for that at Mannheim in 1861. Wikipedia
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