SCHLEINITZ, Conrad, Dr. juris, although not a professional musician was, in the words of FerdinandF. Hiller's ‘ Hiller, ‘Mendelssohn,
’ translated by Miss M. E. von Glehn, p. 152.one of the most accomplished of living amateurs,
’ and in any case deserves a high place in a Dictionary of Music, since it was in great measure through his discernment and perseverance that the Gewandhaus Concerts at Leipzig were put into Mendelssohn's hands, and that the arrangements were maintained...
Schleinitz, Conrad
(1805–1881)