Paul Grümmer (26 February 1879 – 30 October 1965) was a

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-born

cellist The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

and teacher. Grümmer was born in

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. He studied at the

Leipzig Conservatory The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest music ...

with

Julius Klengel Julius Klengel (24 September 1859 – 27 October 1933) was a German cellist who is most famous for his études and solo pieces written for the instrument. He was the brother of Paul Klengel. A member of the Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig at fif ...

. He was well known as a member of the Busch Quartet, founded by

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 Eldering. ...

. He taught at the Vienna Conservatory, and his students include German-born conductor and cellist

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical ...

and child prodigy Elsa Hilger. Among his pedagogical works: ''"Die Grundlage der Klassischen und Virtuosen Technik auf dem Violoncello" oder "Les Bases de la technique et de la virtuosité de violoncelle"'' ("The basis of the classical and virtuoso technique of cello playing"), Universal Edition, Vienna, 1942. ''Harmonische neue tägliche Übungen : für Violoncello'' ("New harmonious daily exercises: for cello"), Bote & Bock, Berlin, 1954.

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* 1879 births 1965 deaths German classical cellists People from Gera {{cellist-stub