Robert Pracht

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Robert Pracht

Karl Robert Pracht (born April 12, 1878, Mulhouse; d. May 4, 1961, Karlsruhe) wa
s a German composer and music educator. He is well known for his piano and strin
g works as well as his numerous choral compositions.
Pracht was born in Mulhouse; his father was kapellmeister Robert Ottmar Pracht.
After finishing basic education he studied at the Meersburg teaching school and
then at the Mannheim Academy of Music from 1900 to 1904. In the meantime he fini
shed his staatsexamen (master's degree) in 1902 in Karlsruhe.
After teaching a period
the Humboldt Gymnasium
retiring in 1945. As a
o, strings and brass as

in Meersburg, Pracht had been appointed music teacher at


in Karlsruhe where he worked more than two decades until
teacher he published many music education works for pian
well as musicological papers.

Additionally, Pracht was a renowned conductor of various men's choirs all over B
aden and composed more than 200 traditional choir songs. In 1953 he was awarded
the Federal Cross of Merit.
Pracht died in 1961 in Karlsruhe at the age of 83.

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