Ewald Straesser

Who was Ewald Straesser?

Ewald Straesser was a German composer of classical music.

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 van Albrecht among his own students, also Erwin Schulhoff At the Hochschule he succeeded Joseph Haas as professor of composition in 1921.

He died in 1933 in Stuttgart. Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hermann Abendroth and other conductors and ensembles featured works by Straesser in their concerts. The conductor Karl Panzner championed Straesser's symphonies early on

Major works by Straesser include:

⁕5 string quartets

⁕other chamber works

⁕6 symphonies

⁕concertos for piano, violin, and cello

There is an Ewald-Sträßer-Weg in Burscheid.