Franz Dorfmüller
Franz Dorfmüller (17 April 1887 in Regensburg – 8 July 1974 in Munich at age 87) was a German pianist, piano teacher and music writer. In addition to guest performances and lectures, he was active at the main venues of Munich, Regensburg, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and Nuremberg. Well-known pupils of Dorfmüller were Hermann Reutter, Heinz Pauels, Franz Josef Breuer, Günter Wand and Karl Holl.
Franz Dorfmüller
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- Germany
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- pianist · university teacher · musician
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- German
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Franz Dorfmüller (17 April 1887 – 8 July 1974) is described as a musician and pianist in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Franz Dorfmüller was born on 17 April 1887. Franz Dorfmüller died on 8 July 1974.
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During his studies he became a member of the AGV München. In 1927, Dorfmüller, who was already working as a university lecturer, joined the composer Fritz Büchtger (1903–1978) and the young pianist Udo Dammert (1904–2003) as co-founders of the Vereinigung für zeitgenössische Musik.
• Kurt Dorfmüller: Zum Münchner Musikleben während des ersten Weltkrieges und der Nachkriegsjahre; Beitrag in 100 Jahre Münchner Philharmoniker, ed. by Gabriele E. Meyer. Munich 1994. • Kurt Dorfmüller: Die Münchner Musikszene: Von den zwanziger Jahren in die NS-Zeit in "Zur Situation der Musik in Deutschland in den dreissiger und vierziger Jahren". Publisher Orff-Zentrum München. • Anton Kerschensteiner, Ernst Wengenmayer, Oskar Kaul, Franz Dorfmüller, Albert Hartmann, Otto Loesch: Geschichte des Akademischen Gesangvereins München 1861–1961, Munich 1961.
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- 1.Verband Alter SVer (VASV): Anschriftenbuch und Vademecum. Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1959, .
- 2.Geschichte des Akademischen Gesangvereins München : 1961-1986 ; Fortsetz. d. Bde. 1861-1961 on WorldCat
- 3.Siehe Weblink Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online (BMLO): Lexikoneintrag Dorfmüller, Franz
- 4.Siehe Weblink Gabriele E. Meyer: Neue Musik-Wochen in München, 1929–1931 Gründung der „Vereinigung für zeitgenössische Musik“ (BLO Historisches Lexikon Bayerns)
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