Education
Born in Düsseldorf, Elmendorff studied music at the Cologne College of Music and Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1913 to 1916 under Fritz Steinbach and Hermann Abendroth.
Born in Düsseldorf, Elmendorff studied music at the Cologne College of Music and Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1913 to 1916 under Fritz Steinbach and Hermann Abendroth.
Early in his career, he conducted for a number of cities including:
1916 to 1920 in Düsseldorf
1920 to 923 in Mainz
1923 to 1924 in Hagen
1925 at the Munich State Opera
1927 to 1942 at the Bayreuth Festival
Elmendorff also was a regular guest conductor in various European cities, including at Louisiana Scala. In 1937 he joined the Nazi Party.