Hermann Busch (24 June 1897 – 3 June 1975) was a German cellist.

Biography

He was born in

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. His father was the violin maker . From the age of nine, he received cello lessons from his father. He then studied at the Academy of Music in

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with Friedrich Grützmacher der Jüngere and

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of the Vienna Academy. During the First World War, as a soldier, he was a member of the Brussels Symphony Orchestra. Between 1919 and 1923, he was principal cellist in Bochum; and until 1927 soloist of the

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Orchestra. In 1927, he was a professor at the Folkwangschule in

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. At the same time, he became more involved in his activities as a soloist, and as a

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ian: he played with his brothers

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and

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. In addition, he was a member of the Duo Wührer, with violinist Karl Doktor (1885-1949) and pianist

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; a member of the Busch-

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trio with his brother Adolf in 1930 (until 1952 when Adolf died), he was the cellist of the

Busch Quartet The Busch Quartet was a string quartet founded by Adolf Busch in 1919 that was particularly noted for its interpretations of the Classical and Romantic quartet repertoire. The group's recordings of Beethoven's Late String Quartets are especially ...

succeeding

. In 1933, Busch emigrated to

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in Switzerland, where his brother Adolf was already living. In 1940, he moved to the United States where he was a member of the Adolf Busch's Chamber Orchestra and co-founder of the Marlboro School of Music. In 1954, he was appointed professor at the

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 1 ...

. He spent his retirement in Peoria and Haverford. Busch was the brother of

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Fritz Busch Fritz Busch (13 March 1890 – 14 September 1951) was a German conductor. Busch was born in Siegen, Westphalia, to a musical family, and studied at the Cologne Conservatory. After army service in the First World War, he was appointed to senior ...

, actor , violinist and composer

Adolf Busch Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (8 August 1891 – 9 June 1952) was a German–Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer. Life and career Busch was born in Siegen in Westphalia. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory with Willy Hess and Bram Elderin ...

and musician . He died in

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at age 77.Obituary
on the NYT (5 June 1975)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Busch, Hermann 1897 births 1975 deaths German classical cellists Miami University faculty 20th-century German musicians Exiles from Nazi Germany 20th-century German male musicians 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century cellists