Ernst Wendel (26 March 1876 – 21 May 1938) was a German violinist and conductor.
Life Wendel was born in Breslau. For one season in 1896/97 Wendel was concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Theodore Thomas. From 1909 to 1935, he was General Music Director of the Bremer Philharmoniker. As a violinist, he taught Georg Kulenkampff. In 1914, in Stuttgart and in 1925/26, he conducted the Frankfurter Museumsgesellschaft. In 1913, he conducted Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 for the first time in Russia.Principals CSO He made his mark on .Otto Besch (Ostpreußenblatt, 28 April 2001)
Wendel was married to the concert pianist Ilse Wendel née Wolde. His younger son was the set and costume designer Heinrich Wendel (1915–1980).Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller (ed.): Mann für Mann: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte von Freundesliebe und mannmännlicher Sexualität im deutschen Sprachraum, Teil 1. LIT Verlag, Münster 2010, , p. 1246f. ().
Wendel died in Jena aged 62.
Work Das Grab im Busento, for male choir with orchestra Das deutsche lied, for men's choir with orchestra
He also composed a cappella men's choirs and Lieder.
Further reading Klaus Blum: Musikfreunde und Musici – Musikleben in Bremen seit der Aufklärung. Hans Schneider Verlag, Tutzing 1975, , from page 419
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