Richard Stöhr

Richard Franz Stöhr (11 June 1874 – 11 December 1967) was an Austrian composer, author, and teacher.

Stöhr studied composition with Robert Fuchs at the Vienna Conservatory. From 1900, he worked there as a répétiteur and choral instructor. Between 1903 and 1938, he taught music theory including harmony, counterpoint, and form, becoming a professor in 1915. His students included Herbert von Karajan, Rudolf Serkin, Erich Leinsdorf, Samuel Barber, Erich Zeisl, Louis Horst, Marlene Dietrich, Alois Hába, Hellmut Federhofer, and Mimi Wagensonner.

Due to his Jewish heritage, he was dismissed from the Vienna Conservatory in 1938. He emigrated to the United States in 1939 and began teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where his students included Leonard Bernstein and Eugene Bossart. From 1941 to 1950, he taught at St. Michael's College in Vermont, remaining as professor emeritus until 1960. He died in Montpelier in 1967. Provided by Wikipedia