Hans von Schuch

Hans von Schuch (19 June 1886 – 24 November 1963 was a German cellist and music educator.

Life

Born in Niederlößnitz, Schuch grew up with his parents, the conductor Ernst von Schuch and the opera singer Clementine von Schuch-Proska, in his native town. He was a brother of the coloratura soprano Liesel Schuch-Ganzel and the soprano Käthe von Schuch-Schmidt.[1] His daughter Clementine von Schuch (1921-2014) also became an opera singer.[2][3]

Schuch studied at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber and was engaged as a violoncellist in Berlin, Vienna and Dresden. From 1915 he was active as a music teacher.[4]

Schuch died in Dresden aged 77.

Further reading

• Erika Eschebach, Andrea Rudolph, Stadtmuseum Dresden (ed.): Die Schuchs. Eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden. Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-95498-098-7.

References

1. Hans von Schuch on Geni
2. Clementine von Schuch on Operissimo
3. Die Schuchs - eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden
4. Family portrait (around 1910): Mr. and Mrs. Schuch with children in the garden. from Die Schuchs – eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden. Exhibition announcement of the City Museum (10 May to 28 September 2014).

External links

• Literature by and about Hans von Schuch in the German National Library catalogue