Karl Emanuel Klitzsch

Karl Emanuel Klitzsch, or often just Emanuel Klitzsch, (Schönheide, 30 October 1812 - Zwickau, 5 March 1889) was a German composer, organist and music critic. He was a friend of Robert Schumann and promoted his works. He was for many years director of music in Zwickau, teacher at the Zwickau Gymnasium and writer for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik.[1] As composer he used the name Emanuel Kronach.

Portrait of the artist at his birthplace

References
  1. Wolfgang Boetticher Robert Schumann, Einführung in Persönlichkeit und Werk 1941 "Karl Emanuel Klitzsch, der Zwickauer Gymnasiallehrer und Musikdirektor 1S schreibt am 20. 1. ... 1S 1812—1889, promovierte als Philologe in Leipzig, führte das Zwickauer Musikleben (Musikdirektor der beiden dortigen Hauptkirchen)."
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