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Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher

Born: 18th August 1881, Frankfurt, Germany

Died: 1st January 1948, Würzburg, Germany

Nationality: German

Hermann Zilcher was a German composer, pianist, conductor, and music teacher. His compositional oeuvre includes orchestral and choral works, two operas, chamber music and songs, études, piano works, and numerous works for accordion.

As a music teacher, Zilcher also enjoyed an outstanding reputation. His students included, among others, Norbert Glanzberg, Karl Höller, Winfried Zillig, Kurt Eichhorn, Maria Landes-Hindemith, and Carl Orff.

After the seizure of power by the Nazis, Zilcher became a member of the party, a fact for which he would later be criticized.

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