{{Short description|American composer and music teacher}} thumb|Richard Zeckwer '''Richard Zeckwer''' (April 30, 1850 – December 31, 1922)<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians |editor=Stanley Sadie |year=1980 |publisher=London: Macmillan }}</ref> was a composer and music teacher.
==Biography== He was born in Stendal and studied at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre, where he studied piano under Ignaz Moscheles<ref name="Baker's Bio">{{cite book|last=Slonimsky|first=Nicolas|title=Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians.|year=1978|publisher=Schirmer Books|location=New York|isbn=0-02-870240-9|edition=6th|page=1939|chapter=Zeckwer, Richard}}</ref> before moving to Philadelphia, where he died. His compositions include ''The Bride of Messina'' overture and ''The Festival Overture.'' From 1876 to 1917 he was the director of the Philadelphia Musical Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Hundred Years of Music in America |author=Granville L. Howe, William Smythe Babcock Mathews |year=1889 |publisher=G.L. Howe |isbn= |url=https://archive.org/details/ahundredyearsmu00mathgoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/ahundredyearsmu00mathgoog/page/n534 526] |quote=academy of music philadelphia Zeckwer. }}</ref>
Zeckwer's son, Camille, was also a composer and music educator in Philadelphia.
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== External links == * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Richard Zeckwer}} *{{IMSLP|id=Zeckwer, Richard}}
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