(d. 1854), one of those earnest, old-fashioned, somewhat pedantic musicians to whom Germany owes much ; who are born in the poorest ranks, raise themselves by unheard - of efforts and selfdenial, and die without leaving any permanent mark except the pupils whom they help to form. The ' Baccalaureus Kuntzsch ' was teacher of the organ and clavier at the Lyceum of Zwickau when Schumann was a small boy, and it was by him that the great composer was grounded in pianoforte - playing. Kuntzsch celebrated his jubilee at Zwickau in July 1852, when Schumann wrote him a charming letter,1 which his biographer assures us was but one of many. Schumann's studies for the pedal piano-six pieces in canon-form (op. 56), composed in 1845 and published in 1846-are dedicated to his old master, whose name is thus happily preserved from oblivion. Kuntzsch died at a great age. G.