Walther Gruner
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German-born singing teacher and operatic baritone
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Walther Gruner was a baritone who taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early life and family Walther Karl Grünebaum was born at Blumenstrasse 13, Frankfurt, Germany to Jewish parents. His father was Julius Grünebaum, a merchant, and his mother was Klara Lina Grünebaum née Oppenheim, a music teacher. Both of his parents later were murdered in the Holocaust. His sister Hedi Frank became a chiropodist and moved to Australia in 1939. Hermann Grunebaum, a pianist and conductor who was Chorus Master at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden from 1907 to 1933, was his uncle; English-born soprano Nora Gruhn was his cousin.
