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Richard Stöhr

Born: 11th June 1874, Vienna, Austria

Died: 11th December 1967, Montpelier, Vermont, United States

Nationality: Austrian

Richard Franz Stöhr was an Austrian composer and music educator.

Stöhr studied composition with Robert Fuchs at the Vienna Conservatory. In 1900, he began working there as a répétiteur and choral instructor. Between 1903 and 1938, Stöhr taught music theory, including harmony, counterpoint, and form at the conservatory, before becoming a professor there 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.

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