Fritz Stege

• b. 11.4.1896, d. 31.3.1967
• first instrument: accordion
• student of musicology in Berlin after participating in World War I
• graduated Dr. phil. in 1924
• author, journalist and music critic in Berlin
• author and teacher at "Humboldt-Institut" in Wiesbaden from 1951
• compositions: vocal pieces with accordion accompaniment, popular accordion pieces and tutorials including the first free-bass instructions published in Germany "Das künstlerische Spiel"

• Nordische Tanzfolge, 1936
• Nordlandsklänge, 1937
• Nordische Volkstänze, 1938
  (edited as accordion duet by Hans-Joachim Wernecke)