Franz Rothe

Franz Rothe graduated from high school in Karlsruhe and studied mathematics, physics and music there. Graduated with a diploma in mathematics from the E T H Z\"urich, a doctorate in T\"ubingen. After some changes in life, a professorship at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.

In addition, Rothe and pianist Thomas Turner have developed a repertoire of classical music for flute and piano, and have recorded and released three CDs. This collection also contains several of their own transcriptions. Now Rothe is retired and keeps writing books about mathematics, and too, just for entertainment.

Rothe has published about 20 arrangements of classical music. Especially an arrangement of the Odelette op. 162 by  Camille Saint-Saens for two flutes and piano, and a completion of the fragment of Bach's flute sonata BWV 1032.