Historical records matching Franz Theodor Reizenstein
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About Franz Theodor Reizenstein
Musician and composer.
"Franz Theodor Reizenstein (7 June 1911 – 15 October 1968) was a German-born British composer and concert pianist. He left Germany for sanctuary in Britain in 1934 and went on to have his career there, including teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music and Boston University, as well as performing." --more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reizenstein
"When Franz Theodor Reizenstein (June 7, 1911 – October 15, 1968) left Berlin in 1934, England presented an obvious sanctuary. His uncle Bruno, who had been injured in the First World War and had married the English nurse who tended his wounds, lived in South London in Kingston-upon-Thames. He acted as guarantor for Franz and several other family members, and provided the beginnings of a local circle. Franz, just 23 when he arrived, had already enjoyed some professional success. The son of Albert Reizenstein, a Nuremberg doctor, and Lina Kohn, his prodigious musical gifts (he wrote his first piece at the age of five) were nurtured by a close and artistic family, and cultivated at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, where he studied composition with Paul Hindemith and piano with Leonid Kreutzer. He had completed his first major piece, a string quartet, by the time he was seventeen." -- Article by Simon Wynberg; more at http://orelfoundation.org/index.php/composers/article/franz_reizens...
(The "uncle Bruno" mentioned above is Bruno Kohn, brother of Lina Kohn.)
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Franz Theodor Reizenstein's Timeline
| 1911 |
June 7, 1911
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Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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| 1968 |
October 15, 1968
Age 57
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London, Greater London, England, UK
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