Otto Zurmühle
Otto Zurmühle (born July 2, 1894 in Lucerne ; † December 19, 1974 in Lucerne) was a Swiss music teacher , conductor and arranger .
Life
Zurmühle attended the teachers' seminar in Lucerne. He completed the primary school teacher diploma in 1914 and obtained the secondary school teacher diploma the next year. He taught at the Lucerne City Schools from 1914 to 1964, and from 1945 onwards he also took on a teaching position for instruments and wind music instrumentation at the Lucerne Conservatory . From 1946 he also conducted the Lucerne Town Music Corps and the Surse Music Corps. He was best known for his arrangements for wind orchestras, published in music magazines, and wrote the teaching work Der Blasorchester Dirigent. From 1935 he was a permanent employee of the Swiss Wind Music Newspaper.
Works
- Otto Zurmühle: The brass music conductor: A guide for the practical and theoretical training of the brass music conductor. Verlag E. Ruh, Adliswil near Zurich 1950
- Otto Zurmühle, Lucerne Cantonal Music Association: 50 Years of the Lucerne Cantonal Music Association: Commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary, 1892–1942. Räber Verlag, 1942
literature
- Wolfgang and Armin Suppan: The new lexicon of brass music , Blasmusikverlag Schulz, Freiburg / Breisgau 1994, ISBN 3-923058-07-1
- Otto Zurmühle, Albert Benz, Hans Kneubühler: In memory of Otto Zurmühle, Honorary Director of the City of Lucerne Music from 1894–1974. City Music of Lucerne, 1977
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Zurmühle in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zurmühle, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss music teacher, conductor and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th December 1974 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |