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Nessler, Viktor (Ernst) (1841–1890)| German composer. He was well known for his opera Der Trompeter von Säckingen (1884), which was often conducted by Mahler. |
| He studied theology at Strasbourg, but took to music and produced a French opera there in 1864. He then went to Leipzig, where he became a choral and afterwards an operatic conductor. |
Works Opera Fleurette (1864), Die Hochzeitreise, Dornröschens Brautfahrt (1867), Nachtwächter und Student, Am Alexandertag, Irmingard (1876), Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (1879), Der wilde Jäger (1881), Der Trompeter von Säckingen (after Scheffel's poem, 1884), Otto der Schütz (1886), Die Rose von Strassburg (1890). |
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