Fleischmann, Aloys (1910-1992)

German-born Irish composer, academic, researcher, and conductor. Born in Munich, Fleischmann was brought up by his parents in Cork. He was professor of music at University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland, from 1934 to 1980. He established the Cork Symphony Orchestra in 1939 and was its conductor for a record 56 years. He was also a founder of the Cork Choral and Folk Dance Festival in 1954. is posthumously published Sources of Traditional Irish Music, c. 1600-1855 (1998) contains 6,841 cross-referenced melodies and is the largest collection of Irish music ever published. His own compositions include the Piano Quintet (1938), the choral work Clare's Dragoons (1944), and the ballet score The Táin (1981).