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Hans von Schuch

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Hans von Schuch (19 June 1886 – 24 November 1963) was a German cellist and music educator.

Life

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Born in Niederlößnitz (now part of Radebeul) in the Kingdom of Saxony, Schuch grew up with his parents, the conductor Ernst von Schuch and the opera singer Clementine von Schuch-Proska, in his native town. He was a brother of the coloratura soprano Liesel Schuch-Ganzel and the soprano Käthe von Schuch-Schmidt.[1] His daughter Clementine von Schuch (1921-2014) also became an opera singer.[2][3]

Schuch studied at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber and was engaged as a violoncellist in Berlin, Vienna and Dresden. From 1915 he was active as a music teacher.[4]

Schuch died on November 24, 1963, in Dresden at the age of 77.

Further reading

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  • Erika Eschebach, Andrea Rudolph, Stadtmuseum Dresden (ed.): Die Schuchs. Eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden. Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-95498-098-7.

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