Auguste Zurfluh
Auguste Zurfluh (born June 13, 1871 as August Zurflüh in Switzerland , † June 15, 1941 in Paris ) was a French guitarist , harpist , composer and music publisher .
Life
Zurfluh studied guitar with Miguel Llobet in Paris. His friends included Francisco Tárrega , David del Castillo , José Ferrer and Alfred Cottin . He worked as a guitarist at the Paris Opéra-Comique . Lucien Gélas and Carl Henze from Berlin were among his students .
Editions Auguste Zurfluh
In 1909 he founded his own publishing house, the Éditions Auguste Zurfluh , in Paris. There he published over 130 salon pieces for guitar, mandolin and voice as well as a guitar school in French ( Méthode théorique et pratique contenant des études et exercices ), German and English. The revised version was published by Constantin Schwarz . After his death, some of his works were published by the music publishers of Paul Beuscher and Henry Lemoine .
literature
- Józef Powroźniak: Guitar Lexicon . Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin 1979, p. 185.
Web links
- Website of the Editions Auguste Zurfluh ( Memento from August 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isabelle Spiers (Editions Aug. Zurfluh): Letter of November 25, 1994 to Rainer Stelle
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zurfluh, Auguste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zurflüh, August (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French guitarist, harpist, composer and music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1941 |
| Place of death | Paris |