Richard Stöhr (geb. Stern)

1874-1967
Composer, pedagogue, born as Stern 1874 Vienna - 1967 Montpellier, USA. 1898 medical doctor, 1902 conclusion of composition studies at the Conservatoire Vienna. 1904-08 instructor at the Konservatorium. 1908-38 Wiener Musikakademie. 1939 exile in the USA, instructor at Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. More then 10.000 students, among them Leonard Bernstein, Marcel Rubin, Fritz Spielmann, Erich Zeisl.