Georg von Petersenn

Georg Ferdinand von Petersenn was a German music educator.

Life

Born in Valmiera, Petersenn was the youngest of five children of Heinrich von Petersenn and his wife Jutta, née Baroness von Engelhardt. After finishing secondary school, he studied law in Dorpat from 1870 until 1872, then music in Würzburg and Munich until 1875. Additionally he gave private piano lessons. On 11 April 1882 he married his pupil Bertha Rindfleisch, 13 years younger than him, daughter of the respected pathologist Eduard von Rindfleisch. The marriage produced one child: daughter Jutta. In 1911 Jutta von Petersenn married Hermann Lietz, founder of the first German.
In 1884, the couple moved to Berlin. There, Petersenn was appointed professor at the "Königl. Hochschule für Musik". When his wife,, moved her "Landerziehungsheim für Mädchen" from Stolper See to Gaienhofen Castle on Lake Constance in 1904, he taught music there. The nobleman remained associated with the school of the same name until his death in at the age of 81.