Robert Teichmüller (4 May 1863, in

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– 6 May 1939, in

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) was a German concert

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and

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. He studied piano and music theory with

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at the

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where he later became a faculty member in 1897, promoted to professor in 1908. He became one of the most influential piano teachers of his time. His students included notable pianists Günther Ramin, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Siegfried Rapp, Harry Dean,

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, Rudolf Wagner-Régeny,

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, Rudolf Mauersberger, Elinor Kaland (maiden name Loose),

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and Ernst Oster, who became a music theory teacher. He also edited piano music of Mozart and Max Reger. In 1927 he wrote an ongoing survey of "International Modern Piano Music" with Kurt Hermann. __NOTOC__

References

Literature

In German

* Baresel, Alfred: ''Robert Teichmüller und die Leipziger Klaviertradition''. Peters, Leipzig 1934. * Baresel, Alfred (ed.): ''Robert Teichmüller als Mensch und Künstler''. Leipzig 1922. * Jarck, Horst-Rüdiger & Scheel, Günter (eds.): ''Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19. und 20. Jahrhundert''. Hannover 1996, S. 606

In English

* VanWart, Helen: ''Letters from Helen.'' Sybertooth. Sackville, New Brunswick 2010. etters from a student of Teichmüller, from 1913 to 1914.

External links

Photo of Teichmüller

Full text (English) of International Piano Music, 1927
1863 births 1939 deaths Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig 19th-century German pianists German piano educators 20th-century German pianists {{pianist-stub