Friedrich Schertel (13 February 1890 – 5 April 1945) was a German

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

virtuoso.

Life

Born in

Schweinfurt Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban ag ...

, Schertel was the youngest son of the bank accountant and later

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director Sigmund Schertel and his wife Marie Schertel, ''née'' Pfeiffer. After grammar school in Hof, he studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. From 1909 to 1912, he studied music at the

Hochschule für Musik und Theater München The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is ...

. In 1913/14, he received private cello lessons from

Julius Klengel Julius Klengel (24 September 1859 – 27 October 1933) was a German cellist who is most famous for his études and solo pieces written for the instrument. He was the brother of Paul Klengel. A member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig at f ...

in Leipzig. From 1919 to 1921, he was a cellist in

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's String Quartet. In 1921/22, he was principal cellist with the

Dresden Philharmonic The Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden Philharmonic) is a German symphony orchestra based in Dresden. Its principal concert venue is the '' Kulturpalast''. The orchestra also performs at the Kreuzkirche, the Hochschule für Musik Dresden, and ...

. From 1922, he was a teacher at the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

. Among his pupils were Erich Hillmann and Hans Kral. In 1933, he also became a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. He was repeatedly invited to join the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (1924/25, 1927/28, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1936–1944). Schertel belonged to the string quartet of

Walther Davisson Walther Davisson (15 December 1885 – 18 July 1973) was a German violinist and conductor. Background Davisson was born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory from 1900 to 1906 with Johann Naret-Koning and ...

. He was later a member of Hans Mlynarczyk's String Quartet (1923–1943) and the 's String Quartet (1938–1943) and of Fritz Weitzmann's Trio He also made solo appearances, bringing the ''Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra'' by Fritz Reuter to its premiere in 1929 at the under the conduct of

Alfred Szendrei Alfred Szendrei, also ''Alfred Sendrey'' and ''Aladár Szendrei'' (29 February 1884 – 3 March 1976) was an American musicologist, organist, conductor, composer of Hungarian origin. He was one of the leading conductors and pioneers of German radi ...

. He was also a member of the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband.

Family

His brothers were Wilhelm Schertel (1883–1930), chemist and artist, and Ernst Schertel (1884–1958), writer and educator. A portrait sketch of the cellist made by Otto Pleß appeared in 1934 in an article on personalities of Leipzig musical life in the '' Zeitschrift für Musik''. Schertel, a Catholic, was married to Magda Laier and the father of a son. During the in April 1945, the family perished. Shertel was 55.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schertel, Fritz German classical cellists Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig 1890 births 1945 deaths People from Schweinfurt German civilians killed in World War II Deaths by airstrike during World War II 20th-century cellists

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