Bernhard Sekles

Bernhard Sekles (20 June 1872 – 8 December 1934) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.

Bernhard Sekles was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna (née Bischheim).

In 1896 he became a teacher at the Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main; here he started the first jazz class anywhere in 1928.

He was one of the first German Jewish academics to lose his job when Hitler came to power in Germany.

Publishers: Schott, Eulenberg, Leukart, Brockhaus, Oehler, Rather.