Volkmar Andreae (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Volkmar Andreae (July 5, 1879 in Bern - June 19, 1962 in Zurich) was a Swiss conductor and composer. Andreae received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with Karl Munzinger. From 1897 to 1900, he studied at the Cologne Conservatory and was a student of Fritz Brun, Franz Wullner, and Friedrich Wilhelm Franke. In 1900 he was a soloist tutor at the Munich Hofoper. In 1902 he took over the leadership of the Mixed Choir of Zurich (Gemischten Chores Zurich), where he remained until 1949, also leading the Stadtsangerverein Winterthur from 1902 to 1914 and the Mannerchores Zurich from 1904 to 1914.