Bertram Turetzky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bertram Turetzky

American musician

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1933

Place of Birth: Norwich, Connecticut, United States

Profession: composer, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Bertram Jay Turetzky (born February 14, 1933) is a contemporary American double bass (contrabass) soloist, composer, teacher, and author of The Contemporary Contrabass (1974, 1989), a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featuring it as a solo performance vehicle with no other instrumental accompaniment.