Georg Altmütter [SEP] place of death
Georg Altmütter
Georg Altmütter (6 October 1787, Vienna – 2 January 1858) was an Austrian technologist.
He was a student at the Universities of Vienna and Prague, afterwards serving as an assistant of physics at the Theresianum in Vienna. From 1816 until his death he was a professor of mechanical technology at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna.
Altmütter is remembered for his technical innovations and inventions, such as improvements for the fabrication of playing cards, a casting process for pinheads, production of terrestrial and celestial globes,
(Nixa LP CLP 1152) (About 1952).
- Schubert: Quartet in D minor 'Death and the Maiden' D 810 (Vox LP STPL 512.520).
- Schubert: Quartet in C major D 887 (Columbia CX 1566) (EMG review Sep 1958).
- Schubert: Quintet in A major D 667 'The Trout' with Louis Kentner, Georg Hörtnagel (Vox STPL 512.690).
- Schumann: Quintet in E flat major op 44, with George Solchany, piano.