William Zeitler (born 1954 in
St. Louis
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which ...
) is a performer on the
armonica, or glass harmonica,
About William.
williamzeitler.com, 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2011. an instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading inte ...
. In 2013 he published ''The Glass Armonica: The Music and the Madness'', a book about glass instruments and their history.
Also a composer.
References
External links
Official site
American percussionists
Glass harmonica players
1954 births
Musicians from St. Louis
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
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