New German School
At the "Tonkünstler-Versammlung" (Musicians Assembly) of 1859 in Leipzig, the organisers, Liszt and Brendel, wanted to open the path for the foundation of a "Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein" (General German Music Association), to embody what they thought of as the core principles of the New German School (q.v.) of music. The proposal was introduced by Louis Köhler on the afternoon of 3 June 1861. It was supported in speeches by prominent persons, among them Liszt, and then accepted. On 7 August 1861, at the next "Tonkünstler-Versammlung", for this time in Weimar, the foundation of the "ADMV" took place. The association started with 202 members, 37 of them from abroad.