Dionys Pruckner


Dionys Pruckner was a noted pianist and music teacher at Stuttgart. He was a student of Franz Liszt from 1852 until about 1855 who did concert tours throughout Europe. In 1859 he was appointed to the faculty of the Stuttgart Conservatory. Pruckner was a member of the masonic lodge Wilhelm zur aufgehenden Sonne in Stuttgart.
He is buried in Section 5 of the cemetery in Stuttgart, together with his wife Silly Pruckner. On his gravestone is a bronze relief of his head made by the sculptor in 1893.