Dionys Pruckner

Dionys Pruckner (12 May 1834 München – 1 December 1896 Heidelberg) was a pianist and music teacher at Stuttgart.

He was a student of Franz Liszt from 1852 until about 1855 who did concert tours throughout Europe.

Pruckner was a member of the masonic lodge Wilhelm zur aufgehenden Sonne in Stuttgart.

He is buried in Section 5 (Abteilung 5) of the Pragfriedhof [de] cemetery in Stuttgart, together with his wife Silly Pruckner (1837–1901).

On his gravestone is a bronze relief of his head made by the sculptor Karl Donndorf [de] in 1893.

Portrait of Dionys Pruckner.
Bronze relief on gravestone.