Background
He was born in Stendal and studied at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre, where he studied piano under Ignaz Moscheles before moving to Philadelphia, where he died.
He was born in Stendal and studied at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre, where he studied piano under Ignaz Moscheles before moving to Philadelphia, where he died.
Educated at gymnasium, Stendal, and at University of Leipzig. Musical education at Leipzig Conservatory of Music, under Moscheles, Hauptmann, East. F. Richter, Papperitz and Reinecke. Graduate there, 1869.
Came to the United States, 1869.
Teacher, 1869-1876, proprietor, 1876-1917, Philadelphia Musical Academy.
Camille and Annie d’Invilliers, of Philadelphia, 1874. Organist Church of Saint Vincent de Paul, Germantown, 1871-1878. Organist Catholic Cathedral, Philadelphia, 1879-1880.
Lecturer on acoustics before musical societies and at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
Also at Philadelphia Academy Natural Sciences. Inventor of the liberating of the ring finger for the perfection of technique.
Composer of songs and piano compositions, also of 2 overtures: Festival Overture and Bride of Messina. Author: A Scientific Investigation of Touch, 1902.
Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married Marie, daughter