Pringsheim was the son of
mathematician and artist
Alfred Pringsheim and his wife
Hedwig Dohm Pringsheim, who was an actress in
Berlin before her marriage. His son, historian (23 May 1923 – 6 February 2001), attended
Bunce Court School, a German Jewish refugee school in
Kent, England during World War II. A former pupil of
Gustav Mahler, Pringsheim Sr. was invited to Tokyo in 1931 to become professor of music at the
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Known for establishing and propagating Western classical music in Japan, Pringsheim had a great influence on many later Japanese musicians. Among his famous students are
Kōmei Abe,
Kozaburo Hirai and
Isotaro Sugata. ==See also==