Bruno Zwintscher
Bruno Zwintscher was a German piano educator.Life
Born in Ziegenhain near Nossen, Zwintscher attended the Dresdener Kreuzschule before he became a student of Louis Plaidy at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig in 1856. From 1875 to 1896, Zwintscher himself worked as a piano teacher at this conservatory. Afterwards he worked as a private teacher in Dresden. His Klavier-Technik is an extension of Plaidy's work. He also published ''Musikalische Verzierungen.
Otto, born from Zwintscher's marriage to Frieda, had three sons: the philologist Arthur, the painter Oskar and the pianist Rudolf.
Zwintscher died in near Radebeul at the age of 64.Work
- Klavier-Technik, 7 Hefte, Leipzig ohne Jahresangabe.
- Musikalische Verzierungen: Praktische Übungen und theoretische Erläuterungen nebst einen Anhang über den Metronom. Leipzig 1895.
- Clavier-Technik systematisch geordnet zum Gebrauch bei seinem Unterricht.
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