Hermann Kotzschmar, Portland, ca. 1900
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Maine Historical Society
Over the years, Hermann Kotzschmar became the premier musician in Maine.
He was the organist and choir director at First Parish Church in Portland for 47 years, he taught piano and organ privately to hundreds of students, he conducted the Haydn Association, a large choral group, for almost 30 years; and he composed, accompanied and concertized regularly.
For at least 50 years Kotzschmar was involved in every worthy musical endeavor in Portland.
In his later years many tributes were accorded, among them a club of Portland musicians that took his name and that still existed in 2012.
In 1891 an intimate concert hall was built on upper Congress Street, and it was named Kotzschmar Hall. The building was razed in 2002.
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