Uthmann, Gustav August 06/29/1867 - 06/22/1920

Gustav August Uthman was a choirmaster and organist in Barmen.
Professionally, he was a dyer and worked in health insurance. Gustav Adolf Uthman was probably the most prominent and popular artists personality in the German labor singers movement. Along the way, he acquired musical knowledge on his own and led several workers' choirs and composed more than 400 choral songs, some of which were often performed in Vienna. His most famous works are "Empor to light", "Tord Feldson" and "Storm".