Julius Goltermann

Johann August Julius Goltermann (15 July 1825 – 4 April 1876) was a 19th-century German cellist and music professor.

Julius Goltermann should not be confused with Georg Goltermann (1824 – 1898), the composer of eight cello concertos.

Life and career

Julius Goltermann was born in Hamburg, Germany on 15 July 1825.[1] He studied cello with Friedrich August Kummer in Dresden before holding a professorship of cello at the Prague Conservatory from 1850 to 1862 – there he taught the cellist David Popper.[1][2] Between 1862 and 1870 he was a member of the court band at Stuttgart.[1] He retired in 1870.[1]

Death

He died in Stuttgart, Germany on 4 April 1876 aged 50.[1]

References

1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Third Edition, Macmillan and Co., London, 1927, Vol.II, p. 413
2. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, Ed. Robin Stowell, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 67–69. ISBN 0 521 629284