A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Vollweiler, G. J.
VOLLWEILER, G. J., born 1770, an esteemed professor of music in Frankfort, where he died Nov. 17, 1847. He was the author of two instruction-books, one in PF-playing, and one in singing for schools; both published by Schotts. Vollweiler was the teacher of two renowned musicians, Aloys Schmitt and Ferdinand Hiller. His son Carl was born 1813, and died at Heidelberg, Jan. 27, 1848, after a long and varied musical career in Germany, Austria, and Russia.
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