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(vis), Julius, vln. teacher, writer. b. Berlin, July 19, 1814. Pupil of Henning and Rungenhagen; music selling busine established by father descended to him in 1852; published instructive vln. pieces, critical works. 265 WEITZMANN Weitzmann (vitz'-man) Karl Fried rich, teacher, author b Berlin, Aug. 10, 1808; d. there, Nov. 7, 1880. Pupil of Henning, Klein, Spohr, and Hauptmann; chorusmaster and vlt. at lug a Th., at Reval 1836, leader of Imp. Orch., St. Petersburg, and ch. mus. dir. there; after study in libraries of Paris and London, settled in Berlin as teacher; friend of Liszt; wrote 3 operas, books of studies, on counterpoint, etc., on Greek mus., and, most notably, Geschichte des Klavierspids und aer Klavierliieratur (trans.).