Bruno Zwintscher (15 May 1838 – 4 March 1905) was a German piano educator. Life Born in Ziegenhain near Nossen, Zwintscher attended the Dresdener Kreuzschule before he became a student of Louis Plaidy at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig in 1856. From 1875 to 1896, Zwintscher himself worked as a piano teacher at this conservatory. His students there included Anna Diller Starbuck. Afterwards he worked as a private teacher in Dresden. His Klavier-Technik is an extension of Plaidy's work. He also published Musikalische Verzierungen. Otto, born from Zwintscher's marriage to Frieda, had three sons: the philologist Arthur (1867–1937), the painter Oskar (1870–1916) and the pianist Rudolf (1871–1946). Zwintscher died in near Radebeul at the age of 64. Work Klavier-Technik, 7 Hefte, Leipzig ohne Jahresangabe (published in English by C.H. Porter as Technical Exercises Systematically). Musikalische Verzierungen: Praktische Übungen und theoretische Erläuterungen nebst einen Anhang über den Metronom. Leipzig 1895. Clavier-Technik systematisch geordnet zum Gebrauch bei seinem Unterricht''. (1900) Literatur References External links 1838 births 1905 deaths People from Saxony German music educators