Otto Kitzler

Otto Kitzler (1834–1915) was a German cellist and conductor. He is noted for being the form and orchestration teacher of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner from 1861 to 1863.[1]

Kitzler led the Linz theatre orchestra and was responsible for introducing Bruckner to the music of Richard Wagner as well as other 19th-century composers.[1] The sketches and compositions that Bruckner prepared for Kitzler are found in the Kitzler-Studienbuch, which "due to its inaccessibility...has achieved little notoriety in the musical world".[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul Hawkshaw, Timothy L. Jackson. "Bruckner, Anton". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Hawkshaw, P. (1 January 1998). "A Composer Learns His Craft: Anton Bruckner's Lessons in Form and Orchestration, 1861-63". The Musical Quarterly 82 (2): 336–361. doi:10.1093/mq/82.2.336.