Walter Müller (musician)

Walter Müller (born July 2, 1909 in Hildesheim , † after 1964) was a German violist and university professor.

Life

Müller was born the son of a businessman. At the age of ten he received violin lessons from Kobelt in Hildesheim, then from Pfeiffer in Göttingen. After graduating from the Andreas Realgymnasium in Hildesheim , he started training as a bookseller . Also active in music, after two years he studied viola with Hans Mahlke at the Berlin University of Music . He was further influenced by the music educators Gustav Havemann , Carl Flesch , Karl Klingler and Emanuel Feuermann . In Berlin he was supported by the Emil Bohnke Foundation. In 1933 he also received the Mendelssohn Prize.

In autumn 1934 he got a job as solo violist in the Landesorchester Gau Berlin . From 1935 to 1939 he was violist in the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera . From 1939 to 1955 he was solo violist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra .

From 1954 he taught at the Northwest German Music Academy Detmold , where he became professor for viola and chamber music in 1955 .

Before 1945 he belonged to the Rudolf Schultz Quartet and the Kulenkampff Quartet . From 1945 to 1950 he was a member of the Bastiaan Quartet and from 1953 to 1962 of the Strub Quartet .

He was a member of the German Alpine Club and the Wilhelm Busch Society .

Müller, a Protestant, was married in his second marriage and had two children.

literature

• Gerassimos Avgerinos: artist biographies: the members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 to 1972 . Self-published, Berlin 1972, p. 117.
• Norbert Beleke (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . 29th edition (1990/91). Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1990, ISBN 3-7950-2010-7 , p. 947.

Web links

• Walter Müller at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerassimos Avgerinos: Artist biographies: the members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 to 1972 . Self-published, Berlin 1972, p. 117.
2. ^ Jürgen Stegmüller: The string quartet. An international documentation on the history of string quartet ensembles and string quartet compositions from the beginning to the present (= source catalogs for music history . Volume 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0780-8 , p. 207.
3. ^ Jürgen Stegmüller: The string quartet. An international documentation on the history of string quartet ensembles and string quartet compositions from the beginning to the present (= source catalogs for music history . Volume 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0780-8 , p. 145.
4. ^ Jürgen Stegmüller: The string quartet. An international documentation on the history of string quartet ensembles and string quartet compositions from the beginning to the present (= source catalogs for music history . Volume 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0780-8 , p. 71.
5. ^ Jürgen Stegmüller: The string quartet. An international documentation on the history of string quartet ensembles and string quartet compositions from the beginning to the present (= source catalogs for music history . Volume 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0780-8 , p. 227.