!!!Umlauf, Carl

b. Baden (Lower Austria), Sept. 9, 1824, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 25, 1902, zither-player, composer and teacher. Created 
the "Viennese zither" (as opposed to the Bavarian zither). Founded and 
directed the first public zither school; after a very successful 
concert tour through Europe in 1844 he was named Imperial Court 
Musician.

!Works
Salon-Album fuer Zitherspieler, 18 vols.; Neue vollstaendige 
theoretisch-praktische Zitherschule, 1859.



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