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William Wilde Zeitler
12+ albums
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William Zeitler has an extensive musical background: he started piano lessons when he was five years old, and went on to become a classically trained pianist and composer with a degree from the California Institute of the Arts. He put himself through school building and restoring harpsichords and pianos as well as performing. William had never heard of the glass armonica, until in 1995 he came across an out-of-print recording of Music for Glass Harmonica, performed by the late Bruno Hoffman, which included the Mozart pieces composed for the instrument. One of today’s premier composers, William Zeitler has the incredible gift to translate the quest for truth and our journey toward self-discovery into his music. Reveling in the wonders of the Cosmos, his Music of the Spheres portrays the soul’s journey from Earth into the realm of God. His compositions take us from the grandeur of the mythical land of Atlantis to the trials and tribulations of the quest for the Grail (whatever that is for each of us) and the wisdom we are all seeking. He takes us on these travels using the glass armonica. Hearing William Zeitler and his devotion to the instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin performing his music composed for the Glass Armonica is a concert experience you will not soon forget. William’s book on the history of the armonica will be released 2007 by Glassical Music Inc. This book is based on 9 years of research; William has been acquiring the original source materials from aro
