Klaus Pringsheim Sr.
Klaus Pringsheim Sr. (24 July 1883 – 7 December 1972) was a German-born composer, conductor, music-educator and the twin brother of Katharina "Katia" Pringsheim, who married Thomas Mann in 1905. Biography Pringsheim was the son of mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Dohm Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her marriage. His son, historian (23 May 1923 – 6 February 2001), attended Bunce Court School, a German Jewish refugee school in Kent, England during World War II. A former pupil of Gustav Mahler, Pringsheim Sr. was invited to Tokyo in 1931 to become professor of music at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Known for establishing and propagating Western classical music in Japan, Pringsheim had a great influence on many later Japanese musicians. Among his famous students are Kōmei Abe, Kozaburo Hirai and Isotaro Sugata. See also Dohm–Mann family tree References 1883 births 1972 deaths 19th-century German Jews 19th-century German male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century German conductors (music) 20th-century German composers 20th-century German educators 20th-century German male musicians 20th-century Japanese composers 20th-century Japanese educators 20th-century Japanese male musicians Composers from Munich German emigrants to Japan German male classical composers German male