Adolf Scherbaum (15 August 1931 – 10 March 2003) was an Austrian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, flautist,

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and graphic artist. His entire opus, around 2000 compositions, is stored in the Music Department of the Austrian National LibraryOTS (Originaltext-Service GmbH) press release 4/23/2006 (in German)
/ref> in Vienna. The composer’s sister, Inge Adamiker-Scherbaum, has made his entire opus accessible to the public through a website. Scherbaum was born in Vienna. He was one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century, and wrote almost 2000 pieces. He died in

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...

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