Erich Flinsch
Erich Flinsch (14 July 1905 – 28 December 1990) was a German pianist and university lecturer. He was a grand-disciple of Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and student and assistant of the pianist, composer and musicologist Emil von Sauer (1862–1942) in Vienna.
Life and career[]
Born in Frankfurt am Main, between 1954 and 1958, Flinsch was the successor of Walther Davisson (1885-1973) one of the three board members of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and of the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main, together with Gustav Lenzewski[1] (1896–1988) and Helmut Walcha (1907–1991).
In this period, in July 1956, he was together with the physician and town councillor (1889–1983) founder of the "Robert-Schumann-Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main" in der .[2][3]
Flinsch died in Schneidhain at age 85.
Work[]
- Erich Flinsch: Ludwig Schuncke, Schumann's Freund und Mitbegründer der Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. In Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 121 (1960), p. 199–203.
Students[]
Further reading[]
- : Nassauische Biographie. Kurzbiographien aus 13 Jahrhunderten.[4] 2nd, completely revised and extended edition. Historische Kommission für Nassau, Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-922244-90-4, p. 197.
References[]
- ^ Gustav Lenzewski on IMLSP
- ^ „Bei mir ist Schumanns Erbe in guten Händen.“ In Frankfurter Neue Presse, 8 February 2006. (Online auf schumann-portal.de)
- ^ Robert-Schumann-Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main e. V. auf: robert-schumann-gesellschaft-frankfurt.de
- ^ Nassauische Biographie. Kurzbiographien aus 13 Jahrhunderten on Google books
External links[]
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- German classical pianists
- Male classical pianists
- Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts faculty
- 1905 births
- 1990 deaths
- Musicians from Frankfurt
- 20th-century German male musicians