August Wenzinger
August Wenzinger (14 November 1905 - 25 December 1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of Baroque orchestral music and operas. Wenzinger received his basic musical training at the Basel Conservatory, then went on to study cello with Paul Grümmer and music theory with Philipp Jarnach at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne.
August Wenzinger
- Born
- 1905. · Basel.
- Died
- 1996. · Metzerlen-Mariastein.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- conductor, music educator, cellist, editor, music arranger, viol player, composer and musician.
- Education
- Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
- Teachers
- Paul Grümmer, Emanuel Feuermann and Philip Jarnach.
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August Wenzinger (14 November 1905 - 25 December 1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of Baroque orchestral music and operas. Wenzinger received his basic musical training at the Basel Conservatory, then went on to study cello with Paul Grümmer and music theory with Philipp Jarnach at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne.
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Born at Basel in 1905, died in Metzerlen-Mariastein in 1996.
August Wenzinger studied at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Training under Paul Grümmer, Emanuel Feuermann and Philip Jarnach is recorded. Jordi Savall and Sven-Erik Bäck are recorded as having studied under August Wenzinger. Employment is recorded with Harvard University and Brandeis University.
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