Louis (Ludwig) Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser (8 December 1811 - 30 March 1864) was a nineteenth-century German clarinetist, conductor and composer. He was born Königsberg, Prussia, and studied in Berlin and Leipzig. He was an early and enthusiastic partisan of
Richard Wagner, arranging his first performances in Wiesbaden and Darmstadt of
Tannhäuser, of which he conducted the premiere,
Rienzi and
Lohengrin.
Schindelmeisser attended High School for music in Berlin where he studied clarinet under the guidance of French virtuoso J. M. Hostié who had moved to Berlin in 1824. However, it is possible that he taught him earlier in Königsberg since Hostié had settled there already in 1812. He died in Darmstadt.
His own operas were in the tradition of von Weber and
Spohr and "he kept the lyrical and dramatic components in balance". Of note is his Sinfonia Concertante Op. 2 for four clarinets and orchestra composed in 1833, believed to be the only one of its kind,
Georg Druschetzky wrote a piece for three clarinets and orchestra.
