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Otto Kitzler

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Otto Kitzler (1834–1915) was a German cellist and conductor. He is noted for being the form and orchestration teacher of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner from 1861 to 1863.[1]

Kitzler led the Linz theatre orchestra and was responsible for introducing Bruckner to the music of Richard Wagner as well as other 19th-century composers.[1] The sketches and compositions that Bruckner prepared for Kitzler are found in the Kitzler-Studienbuch, which "due to its inaccessibility...has achieved little notoriety in the musical world".[2]

Kitzler wrote a funeral music "In Memorial of Anton Bruckner" (Trauermusik "Dem Andenken Anton Bruckners"), re-orchestrated by Gerd Schaller (2012) and recorded with the Philharmonie Festiva for Profil Edition Günter Hänssler.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bruckner, Anton". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  2. ^ Hawkshaw, P. (1 January 1998). "A Composer Learns His Craft: Anton Bruckner's Lessons in Form and Orchestration, 1861-63". The Musical Quarterly. 82 (2): 336–361. doi:10.1093/mq/82.2.336.
  3. ^ arkivmusic