Rudolf Maria Breithaupt

Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (born August 11, 1873 in Braunschweig , † April 2, 1945 in Ballenstedt ) was a German composer and music teacher ( piano ).

Life

Breithaupt attended grammar school in Braunschweig. He studied at the universities of Jena, Leipzig and Berlin law , then philosophy, psychology and art and music studies. His teachers were the musicologists Hugo Riemann and Hermann Kretzschmar . At the Leipzig Conservatory Breithaupt had been a student of Robert Teichmüller , Salomon Jadassohn and Oscar Paul since 1897 . Breithaupt worked at the University of Berlin between 1904 and 1911 and later at least from 1919 to 1938 as a piano teacher at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin .

The natural piano technique. Vol. 1: Handbook of modern methodology and game practice for artists and teachers, conservatories and institutes, seminars and schools , 1912.
The natural piano technique. Vol. 2: The basics of the weight game , 1909.
Practical studies in natural piano technique. 5 issues, 1916–1921.
Modern piano players. Teresa Carreño . In: The music. , Vol. 3, 1903.
Frédéric Chopin . In: The music. Vol. 8 Issue 1, 1908/09, pp. 3-14.

Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries , Hannover 1996, p. 97.
Günther Schmidt: Breithaupt, Rudolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 576 ( digitized version ).

↑ Johnen, Kurt. In: Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 5: Hitz – Kozub. De Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-094653-6 , p. 283 ( limited preview in Google book search)
↑ List of teachers at the Stern Conservatory (1850–1936)

personal data
SURNAME	Breithaupt, Rudolf Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer and music teacher (piano)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1945
Place of death	Ballenstedt