Karl Krehahn
Karl Krehahn (born February 1, 1869 in Rannstedt near Apolda , Thuringia , † January 24, 1946 in Graz ) was an Austrian music teacher .
Life
Krehahn studied violin with Carl Halir and worked as an orchestral violinist in Mannheim , Hamburg and Chicago before he came to Graz in 1893 as a teacher at the Musikverein, later the Conservatory (Conservatory of the Styrian Music Association) .
Awarded the title of professor in 1925 , he trained several well-known violinists here. One of his students was Alfons Vodosek (1912–1996), who was concertmaster of the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz from 1938 to 1977 .
literature
- Wolfgang Suppan: Styrian Music Lexicon . Academic Printing and Publishing Company, Graz 1962–1966
- Suppan: Krehahn Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 242.
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| SURNAME | Krehahn, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rannstedt near Apolda , Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1946 |
| Place of death | Graz , Austria |