WIKIPEDIA: Joseph Werner (* June 25, 1837 in Würzburg; † November 14, 1922 in Munich) was a German composer, violoncellist and violoncello teacher.
The son of a music director at the Würzburg Stadttheater, he first educated himself in his hometown.[1] In 1852, he went to Munich where he received training as a violoncellist under Joseph Menter[2] at the conservatory founded in 1846 and after his death under Hyppolit Müller (1834-1876), cellist of the ''Munich Hofkapelle''. He also took violin lessons under Joseph Moralt and Franz Joseph Fröhlich. From 1867 he studied composition under Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden. [3] In 1856 he was offered a position as principal cellist with the Munich Court Orchestra and from 1857 he taught at the Royal Academy of Music in Munich with the title of professor. He was removed from this position in 1904 leaving the title unchanged. In the school year 1859/60 he took over the instrumental instruction for Carl Schönchen at the ''Maximiliansgymnasium'' in Munich. On September 1, 1911, he was relieved of his position here at his own request. [4] In 1899, he was awarded the ''Order of Merit'' by the ''St. Michael IV'' class and in 1910 the medal of the '' Order of Ludwig'' on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service.
Joseph Werner was married to Josepha Leprosse (1840-1906), daughter of a piano rental company from Munich. Of their seven children, three sons and one daughter reached adulthood [5].
As an instrumentalist and composer, Werner wrote a practical school of cello, studies, etudes, caprices, solo pieces and numerous arrangements. Among his students were Heinrich Schübel (before 1873- after 1880) from Karlsruhe, Emil Herbeck [6] from St. Petersburg, Christian Döbereiner from Wunsiedel, Carl Ebner (1857-1930) [7] from Deggendorf, Toni Thoms and Heinrich Schönchen (1827-1887) from Munich and Marie Geist (1859-1912) [8] from Würzburg.
Note. Translated from the German version of Wikipedia into English
