Felix Draeseke

Felix August Bernhard Draeseke (October 7 1835 – February 26 1913) was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.

References

• M. Guiérrez-Denhoff and H. Loos, Eds.Felix Draeseke: Chronik seines Lebens. Gudrun Schröder Verlag, Bonn, 1989.
• S. Döhring, H. John, and H. Loos, Eds. Deutsche Oper zwischen Wagner und Strauss. Gudrun Schröder Verlag, Bonn, 1998.
• A. H. Krueck. The Symphonies of Felix Draeseke. A Study in Consideration of Developments in Symphonic Form in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century, Zürich Diss. phil 1967.