Franz Reizenstein (7 June 1911 – 15 October 1968) was a German-born British composer and concert-pianist.
Franz Reizenstein's father was Dr. Albert Reizenstein (1871-1925) and his mother was Lina Kohn (b. 1880), both of Nuremberg, Germany. The family was Jewish and counted many professionals and musically-inclined people among its members.
Reizenstein grew up in Nuremberg and was considered a child prodigy. He composed his first pieces when he wa...
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Franz Reizenstein (7 June 1911 – 15 October 1968) was a German-born British composer and concert-pianist.
Franz Reizenstein's father was Dr. Albert Reizenstein (1871-1925) and his mother was Lina Kohn (b. 1880), both of Nuremberg, Germany. The family was Jewish and counted many professionals and musically-inclined people among its members.
Reizenstein grew up in Nuremberg and was considered a child prodigy. He composed his first pieces when he was 5, and by the age of 17 he had written a string quartet. His well-to-do and artistic family encouraged him to play chamber music at home. Eventually he was sent to study under Paul Hindemith at the Berliner Hochschule für Musik. He emigrated to England in 1934 to escape the Nazis. Once in England, he furthered his studies under Ralph Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music, eventually becoming a professor at the Royal Northern College of Music (then the Royal Manchester College of Music) in Manchester. He later became Visiting...
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