Caesar Hochstetter


Caesar Hochstetter was an organist and a composer, arranger and critic of music from a talented Jewish family. BornJanuary 1863 in Ladenburg, a suburb of Mannheim, Germany his date and place of death are unknown but he is thought to have disappeared during The Holocaust. Caesar Hochstetter was a friend and admirer of the well known composer Max Reger who dedicated Aquarellen Op.and Five pittoresque Pieces for 4hand Piano, Op.to him.

OnFeb 1888, Caesar married Blanche Marie Coppex who a short time later gave birth to their daughter, Blanche. Caesar lived and worked in Germany and Switzerland. He moved to Leipzig in 1889, was in Wiesbaden in 1901 and later returned to Zurich, Switzerland. He was last heard of in August 1928 when he left for Darmstadt. His marriage to Blanche ended in divorce afteryears and in 1904 he married Emma Marie Ficinus in Zurich. Their daughter, Hella Leonora was born in Zurich in 1905. Their son, Fritz Caesar Werner died a few weeks after birth in 1907.

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