Frederick Zimmermann

Frederick Zimmermann ( born May 18, 1906 in New York City; † August 3, 1967 in Ohlstadt ) was an American bassist and music educator.

Zimmermann was a student of the bassist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and teacher at the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard School of Music), Herman Rein Hagen. He also studied music theory with Felix Deyo and Ruggiero vein.

From 1930 to 1966 he was a member of the New York Philharmonic, where he made ​​his solo debut in 1932 and was the first bass player for a long time. In 1935, he was the successor of pure Hagen as a teacher at the Juilliard School. He taught at Columbia University continues, the Manhattan School of Music, the Mannes College of Music, New York University, the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut, and the New School of Music in Philadelphia.

Among his many pupils included the classical bassist Joseph Guastafeste, Orin O'Brien, Donald Palma, Robert Gladstone, David Walter, Linda McKnight, Alvin Brehm, Stuart Sankey, Frank Proto and Lucas Drew and the jazz bassist Henry Grimes, Eddie Gomez, Oene van Geel and Red Mitchell.

Zimmermann wrote numerous transcriptions of compositions from the 14th to the 20th century for the double bass. In 1966 he published the textbook A Contemporary Concept of Bowing Technique for the Double Bass. In addition, Zimmermann was active as a painter. He studied with George Grosz at the Art Students ' League and had three of his own exhibitions.

  • Classic double bassist
  • Music teacher
  • University teachers ( Juilliard School)
  • University teachers (Manhattan School of Music)
  • American musician
  • American painter
  • Born in 1906
  • Died in 1967
  • Man
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