Fritz Kauffmann
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Fritz Kauffmann (1855–1934) was a German composer and conductor. He was born in Berlin and initially studied there with Hermann Mohr. After completing an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Hamburg and studying chemistry at the University of Leipzig, he enrolled in the Akademische Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where he was a pupil of Friedrich Kiel (composition) and Ernst Rudorff (piano). After returning to Berlin, Kauffmann initially worked as a private music teacher.

In 1889 he moved to Magdeburg to conduct the Gesellschaftskonzerte. In 1897 he also took on the management of the Rebling Church Choir, which carried out the large oratorio concerts in the city. In addition, Kauffmann worked privately as a piano and theory teacher, and from 1923 also at the seminar of the composers' union. Kauffmann was appointed Royal Music Director in 1893 and professor in 1909. A board member of the German Music Education Association, in 1923 he took over the chairmanship of the Magdeburg Music Education Association.

In 1920 he resigned from the Church Choir; ten years later he retired from professional musical life altogether but remained in Magdeburg, where he died in 1934, age 79.