Otto Neitzel

Otto Neitzel (6 July 1852 – 10 March 1920) was a German composer, pianist, writer on music, and lecturer.

Neitzel was born in the town of Falkenburg in Farther Pomerania (modern Złocieniec, Poland).

His father, Gottfried Neitzel was a teacher and his mother, Louise (née Messerschmidt), was a housewife.

While there, he continued to study music at the Neue Akademia der Tonkust by Theodore Kullak.

In 1875, he wrote his dissertation "Die ästhetische Grenze der Programmmusik" (The Aesthetic Limit of Programme Music).

Using the new technology of the time, the phonograph, on 23 January 1890, Neitzel recorded parts of Piano Concert No.

Because of its success, Muck encouraged him to direct the orchestra, but Neitzel eventually declined the offer.

He also wrote several opera guides (for example, about Richard Wagner), books about Beethoven's symphonies and about Camille Saint-Saens.