Klaus Pringsheim Sr. (24 July 1883 – 7 December 1972) was a German-born composer,

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, music-educator and the

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of Katharina "Katia" Pringsheim, who married

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in 1905.

Biography

Pringsheim was the son of

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and artist

Alfred Pringsheim Alfred Pringsheim (2 September 1850 – 25 June 1941) was a German mathematician and patron of the arts. He was born in Ohlau, Prussian Silesia (now Oława, Poland) and died in Zürich, Switzerland. Family and academic career Pringsheim came ...

and his wife Hedwig Dohm Pringsheim, who was an actress in

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before her marriage. His son, historian (23 May 1923 – 6 February 2001), attended

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, a German Jewish refugee school in

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, England during World War II.Michael Trede
''Der Rückkehrer''
ecomed verlagsgesellschaft AG & Co. KG, Landsberg, Germany (2003), p. 112. Retrieved October 5, 2011 A former pupil of Gustav Mahler, Pringsheim Sr. was invited to Tokyo in 1931 to become professor of music at the

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. Known for establishing and propagating Western classical music in Japan, Pringsheim had a great influence on many later Japanese musicians. Among his famous students are

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and

Isotaro Sugata Isotaro Sugata (Japanese: 須賀田礒太郎 Sugata, Isotaro; Yokohama, 15 November 1907 – Tanuma, Tochigi, 5 July 1952) was a Japanese composer. Biography Sugata received his education with missionaries in Kanto Gakuin University. There he w ...

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