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Edwin Fischer
(1886-1960)^[F6D]

Honours

Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa, Basel, 1956^[F6D]
Doctor iuris honoris causa, Cologne, 1928^[F6D]

Biographical

Pianist, conductor, music teacher.^[F6D]
Son of Johann Baptist Fischer (1826-91, violinist and oboist in the Basel Symphony Orchestra) and of Anna Friedlin (1858–1947, violinist).^[F6D]

Place of birth: Basel^[F6D]
Place of marriage: Berlin^[F6D]
Place of death: Zurich^[F6D]