Richard Wüerst
Richard Wüerst was a German composer, music professor and pedagogue.
Wüerst was born and died in Berlin. He was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen at the Prussian Academy of Arts and a pupil of Felix Mendelssohn's. He later taught in the conservatory of Theodor Kullak and edited the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung. One of his notable students was Heinrich Hofmann.Selected works
Operas
- Der Rotmantel
- Vineta
- Die Gastspielreise, Dramatisch-musikalischer Scherz en un acte. Publié à Berlin: Bloch, ca. 1868.
- Faublas, comic opera in three acts, after a Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, libretto by Ernst Wichert
- A-ing-fo-hi, comic opera in three acts, after a story by Anton Giulio Barrili, libretto by Ernst Wichert
- Die Offiziere der Kaiserin
- Der Stern von Turan
Symphonies
- Three symphonies
- A concerto for violin, op. 37
Instrumental music
- Russian Suite for Strings, op. 81
- Three string quartets, op.33
