Maurits Frank

Maurits Frank (29 July 1892, Rotterdam – 3 March 1959, Cologne) was a Dutch cellist and music educator. A student of [a1005954], Frank taught in Heidelberg and Neustadt/Palatinate before he moved to the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1915. During this time, he was the musical partner of Paul Hindemith in the Rebner Quartet and the Amar-Quartett. After the seizure of power by the Nazis, he had to leave Germany for the Netherlands. In 1949, he returned to Germany and taught cello and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He continued to work as a chamber musician and devoted himself especially to contemporary music. He played the world premiere of Hindemith's Cello Concerto in E flat and, with Eduard Zuckmayer, the world premiere of Anton Webern's Two Little Pieces. In 1957 he founded the Rheinisches Kammerorchester Köln. He published a collection of studies and exercises for the cello titled Tonleitern und Dreiklänge.