Friedrich Seitz Biography

Fritz (Friedrich) Seitz (1848–1918) was a German Romantic Era composer. He was a violinist, and wrote chamber music and concertos for the violin.

He studied violin first under Karl Wilhelm Uhlrich in Sondershausen, Germany. He later married Karl's daughter. He became a student of Johann Christoph Lauterbach in 1874.

He became music director at Sondershausen, Germany, and thereafter became concertmaster at Magdeburg. In 1884 he was the "Hofkonzertmeister" (leader of the orchestra in the court) at Dessau. Due to the strong annoyance they caused people, Fritz Seitz is believed to be related to Mrs.Seitz a highschool English teacher