Alexander Wunderer

{{Short description|Austrian musician}}

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Alexander Wunderer (11 April 1877 – 29 December 1955) was an Austrian oboist, orchestra leader and composer. He served as a professor at the State Music Academy in Vienna,{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/tatsuyabanno/wieneroboe/wieneroboe1e.html |title=Features of the Instrument, Pictures and the Fingering |accessdate=31 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601000509/http://www.geocities.jp/tatsuyabanno/wieneroboe/wieneroboe1e.html |archivedate=1 June 2014 }} where he taught students including Frida Kern, Ľudovít Rajter and Herbert von Karajan.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/herbert-von-karajan-mn0000031181/biography|title=Herbert von Karajan biography by David Brensilver|website=AllMusic |accessdate=31 May 2014}} He played as principal oboist with the Vienna Philharmonic and later served as executive director and manager of the orchestra.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_rBRoZ44TZQC&q=alexander+wunderer+orchestra&pg=PP37|title=The Devil's Music Master|author=Shirakawa, Sam|date=2 July 1992|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-992341-0}}

Selected works

  • 24 Etüden in allen Tonarten (24 etudes in all keys) for oboe (1924)
  • Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 21 (1946)
  • Duet for 2 violas (1948)
  • Zinkenbacher-Variationen, Theme and 10 Variations for piano, Op. 24 (published 1952)
  • Aufbruch zur Jagd und Hallali
  • Ländler for 4 horns
  • Ländler Trio No. 1 for oboe, bassoon and piano
  • Waldruhe

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