Felix Mottl

Austrian conductor and composer (1856–1911). He orchestrated (large orchestra) Richard Wagner's "Wesendonck-Lieder", and Emmanuel Chabrier's "Bourrée Fantasque" and "Trois Valses Romantiques". As a conductor, some sources credit him as having started in Karlsruhe the practice (also followed by Gustav Mahler) of playing the overture "Leonore No.