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Auguste Zurfluh

Zurfluh, Auguste Charles c1871-1941 Switzerland, ? – France, Paris. Guitarist, music publisher, studied guitar with Miguel Llobet in Paris, was guitarist at the Opera Comique in Paris. In 1898, he lived with his parents at 30 rue du Cherche-Midi in Paris, and from 1903 to 1913, he lived with his wife at 4bis rue du Cherche-Midi in Paris as a composer. In 1905, he was appointed Officier de l’Academie. In 1909, he founded the music publishing company Editions Auguste Zurfluh at 73 Boulevard Raspail in Paris. In 1910, he was appointed Officier de l’Instruction Publique. In 1936, he was a member of SACEM in Paris as a composer and publisher/editor, together with his two daughters.

Son of Charles Joseph Zurfluh and Gunegonde Becker; on January 22, 1899, in Paris, he married Marthe Gabrielle Coulanjon; daughter, pianist and composer Mlle. Eliane Juliette Eugenie Zurfluh (Paris 1900-); daughter, harpist and composer Mme. Sylvie Marie Elisabeth Raynaud-Zurfluh (Paris 1904-).