Background
He was the son of Joachim Dütsch who worked for the Danish finance ministry, but was also a music teacher at the Blind Institute.
He was the son of Joachim Dütsch who worked for the Danish finance ministry, but was also a music teacher at the Blind Institute.
As a 5-year-old junior Dütsch was taught by Giuseppe Siboni at the Copenhagen Conservatory. In 1840 he went to Dessau in Germany to study for 3 years. He then travelled to Saint St. Petersburg in Russia, where he established himself as a music teacher.
In 1852 he became chorus repetiteur and organist at the Imperial Russian Theatre in Saint St. Petersburg, and in 1862 professor of music theory there.
He died in 1863 in Frankfurt. In addition he wrote songs and piano music