Ewald Straesser (Sträßer) (27 June 1867 – 4 April 1933) was a German composer. Straesser was born in Burscheid, near Cologne. He was a student of Franz Wüllner at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and later counted Georg von Albrecht among his own students, also Erwin Schulhoff (teaching him instrumentation/orchestration) At the Hochschule he succeeded

Joseph Haas Joseph Haas (19 March 1879 – 30 March 1960) was a German late romantic composer and music teacher. Biography He was born in Maihingen, near Nördlingen to teacher Alban Haas from his second marriage, being half-brother to the theologian a ...

as professor of composition in 1921. He died in 1933 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

. Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hermann Abendroth and other conductors and ensembles featured works by Straesser in their concerts. The conductor

Karl Panzner Karl Panzner (2 March 1866 – 7 December 1923) was a German conductor and musikdirektor in Düsseldorf. Life Born in Teplice, Panzner was the son of a merchant, who lived in Dresden since 1869. Panzner received private piano lessons in his ...

(1866–1923) championed Straesser's symphonies early on (and premiered his 5th symphony.) Major works by Straesser include: *5 string quartets (Nos. 1 and 2, pub. 1901 ; no.3, pub.1913; no.4, published 1920; no.5, pub.1927) *other chamber works (including a piano sonata (Kleine sonate), violin sonata, piano quintet, clarinet quintet and piano trio) *6 symphonies (at least 3 unpublished) *concertos for piano, violin, and cello (1901, UK premiere 1903)(This last possibly lost. The piano concerto has been broadcast.) There is an Ewald-Sträßer-Weg (Way/Street) in Burscheid.

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* Includes CC recordings of all five quartets and a more nearly complete list of works * *

RISM RISM may refer to: *Répertoire International des Sources Musicales A repertoire () is a list or set of dramas, operas, musical compositions or roles which a company or person is prepared to perform. Musicians often have a musical repertoire. ...

has incipits and other information for Straesser's 2nd and 4th symphonies and one choral work (but gives opus 44 for symphony 4 while other sources give opus 46. Clearly the same work, however- symphony in G minor, unpublished) 1867 births 1933 deaths German Romantic composers People from Burscheid Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni German male classical composers 20th-century German male musicians 19th-century German male musicians {{Europe-composer-stub