Edward Dannreuther was a German pianist and writer on music, resident from 1863 in England.
Background
His father had crossed the Atlantic, moving to Cincinnati, and there established a piano manufacturing business. Young Edward, under pressure from his father to enter banking as a career, a prospect he found uncongenial, escaped to Leipzig in 1859.
Education
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.
Career
He trained as a musician at the Leipzig Conservatoire, where he was a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles. In 1863 he had been recruited by Henry Chorley to play the piano in London at the Crystal Palace concerts. Dannreuther became a professor of piano at the Royal College of Music in 1895, a position he held until his death.
An enthusiast for new music, he was an important influence on the composer Hubert Parry, who was his pupil.
A memorial plaque on his former home at 12 Orme Square, Westminster, London was unveiled on 26 July 2005.