Paul Grümmer
Paul Grümmer was a German-born cellist and teacher.
Grümmer was born in Gera in Thuringia. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory with Julius Klengel.
He was well known as a member of the Busch Quartet, founded by Adolf Busch. He taught at the Vienna Conservatory, and his students include German-born conductor and cellist Nikolaus Harnoncourt and child prodigy Elsa Hilger.
Among his pedagogical works:
"Die Grundlage der Klassischen und Virtuosen Technik auf dem Violoncello" oder "Les Bases de la technique et de la virtuosité de violoncelle", Universal Edition, Vienna, 1942.
Harmonische neue tägliche Übungen : für Violoncello, Bote & Bock, Berlin, 1954.
