Heinrich Lutter (13 August 1858 – 11 October 1937) was a German

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

and piano educator.''Lutter, Heinrich''
in the

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''Niedersächsische Personen'' (Neueingabe erforderlich) of the

Life

Lutter was born in the residence of the

Kingdom of Hanover The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Han ...

as the son of a music teacher.

Hugo Thielen Hugo Thielen (born 1946) is a German freelance author and editor, who is focused on the history of Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, in a lexicon of the city, another one especially of its art and culture, and a third of biographies. He co-au ...

: ''Lutter, Heinrich.'' In

Dirk Böttcher Dirk Böttcher (13 October 1921 – 23 January 2011) was a German printer master, author and president of the association of Friends of the Historisches Museum Hannover. Life Böttcher was born in Hanover. He passed his Abitur at the and was d ...

Klaus Mlynek Klaus Mlynek (born 16 January 1936) is a German historian and scientific archivist. The long-term director of the Stadtarchiv Hannover is one of the editors and authors of the ', an encyclopedia of Hanover. Life Born in Poznań, Poland, Mlyne ...

, Waldemar R. Röhrbein,

: ''. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart.'' Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, , . After the

proclamation of the German Empire The proclamation of the German Empire, also known as the ''Deutsche Reichsgründung'', took place in January 1871 after the joint victory of the German states in the Franco-Prussian War. As a result of the November Treaties of 1870, the southe ...

, Lutter studied

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from 1876 to 1886 with

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

in Weimar and Budapest, and – also in

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–

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

with

Robert Volkmann Friedrich Robert Volkmann (6 April 1815 – 30 October 1883) was a German composer. Life Robert Volkmann was born in Lommatzsch near Meißen, Germany. His father, a music director for a church, trained him in music to prepare him as a successor. ...

, and finally, again in Hannover, piano with

Hans von Bülow Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow (8 January 1830 – 12 February 1894) was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. As one of the most distinguished conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for es ...

. The content of a letter from von Bülow to Lutter in Hanover, dated 18 November 1877 from Glasgow has survived. Lutter quickly made a name for himself in his home town as a piano teacher, where in 1887 he initiated the "Lutter Concerts" which he then directed. In the highly acclaimed

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concerts, played "the best singers, violinists, violoncellists and pianists". In 1888 Lutter joined the . During the respective season in

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, Lutter performed as a pianist from 1891 until the beginning of World War I and also gave piano lessons. Lutter often accompanied

Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (28 June 1831 – 15 August 1907) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of ...

on concert tours from 1897 to 1906. In 1908, Lutter was appointed professor. The royal professor and court pianist lived at least temporarily in ''Ferdinandstraße 21''. In 1910, Lutter established the ''Verein Celler Musikfreunde''in

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...

in cooperation with the musician

Theodor Krüger Theodor Krüger (13 January 1891Harald Müller (text), Ulrich Loeper (images): ''Biographisch-bibliographisches Lexikon Celler Musiker. Komponisten, Sänger, Instrumentalmusiker, Musikpädagogen, Musikwissenschaftler, Instrumentenbau'' – 28 Dece ...

. Lutter died in 1937 in Hanover at the age of 79.

Honours

The Grand Duke of

Mecklenburg-Schwerin The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided the Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz. Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting Hous ...

honoured Lutter with the award of the ''Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft''.

Students

Fritz Berend Fritz Berend (10 March 1889 – 29 December 1955) was a German, later an English conductor, theater and music director as well as Kapellmeister, Willibald Gurlit (ed.): ''Berend, Fritz'', in ders.: ''Riemann Musiklexikon'', twelfth, completely rev ...

(1889–1955), German composer, conductor and

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

. *

Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling (9 May 1904 in Hannover – 9 December 1985 in Berlin) was a German composer. The son of a chemical manufacturer, Schwarz-Schilling embarked upon his musical studies in 1922, first in Munich and – interrupted by sev ...

(1904–1985), German composer. *

Gisela Sott Gisela Sott (1911 – 6 January 2002) was a German pianist and piano educator . Life Born in Hanover, Sott was a student of Heinrich Lutter and (around 1935) Alfred Hoehn at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. She later became Alfred Hoehn's ...

(1911–2002)

Literature

* Erich Hermann Müller von Asow (ed.): ''Deutsches Musiker-Lexikon.'' W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929, Spalte 872. * Carl von Lachmund, Alan Walker: ''Living with Liszt. From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt. 1882–1884''.''Living with Liszt. From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt. 1882–1884''
on WorldCat (in English: ''Franz Liszt Studies Series'', Vol. 4), revised edition, edited, annotated and introduced by Alan Walker. Pendragon Press, New York 1998, ; passim
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