Fritz Stege

    Werner Schramm
  • b. Apr. 11, 1896, d. Mar. 31, 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"
Stege picture
Works for accordion
(after Norwegian and Swedish folk tunes)