Richard Vollrath
Richard Vollrath (born December 16, 1848 in Sonneberg , † November 2, 1934 in Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) ) was a German cellist .
Life
Richard Vollrath, son of a musician, learned to play the cello in Rudolstadt and studied with Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Grützmacher from 1865 to 1867 . After completing his military service in Koblenz , Vollrath was a member of an orchestra in Ems from 1871 to 1873 , after which he worked in Dresden , where he again studied with Grützmacher. Later he was first cellist in the Wiesbaden orchestra for two years and from September 1876 in the Mainz city orchestra . Vollrath also appeared as a soloist and gave cello lessons; Among other things, he frequented the Zuckmayer house and taught Carl Zuckmayer the cello.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heppenheim death register, 1934, entry no.84
- ^ Cello Playing in the 19th Century. Part One
- ^ Margot Finke, Carl Zuckmayer's Germany , Haag & Herchen 1998, ISBN 978-3892285779 , p. 108
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| SURNAME | Vollrath, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sonneberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1934 |
| Place of death | Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) |