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W. A. Rémy (*1831 in Prague as Wilhelm Mayer; 1898 in Graz) was an Austrian composer and musician.
The son of a lawyer, he began attending the Prague Organ School in 1846 as a student of Carl Franz Pitsch. He had close friendships with August Wilhelm Ambros, Eduard Hanslick, and Karl Kappel von Savenau. After completing his law studies, he entered public service and initially worked as a civil servant in Pest, then in Vienna. From 1861 onward, he devoted himself exclusively to music. From 1862 to 1870, he directed the Graz Music Society (Musikverein) and was, among others, the teacher of Ferruccio Busoni, Richard Heuberger, Wilhelm Kienzl, Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Richard Sahla, and Felix Weingartner. In 1865, he supported Robert Fuchs in beginning his musical studies in Vienna.
His compositions were published under the pseudonym W. A. Rémy (an anagram of W. Mayer).
W. A. Rémy (*1831 in Prague as Wilhelm Mayer; 1898 in Graz) was an Austrian composer and musician.
The son of a lawyer, he began attending the Prague Organ School in 1846 as a student of Carl Franz Pitsch. He had close friendships with August Wilhelm Ambros, Eduard Hanslick, and Karl Kappel von Savenau. After completing his law studies, he entered public service and initially worked as a civil servant in Pest, then in Vienna. From 1861 onward, he devoted himself exclusively to music. From 1862 to 1870, he directed the Graz Music Society (Musikverein) and was, among others, the teacher of Ferruccio Busoni, Richard Heuberger, Wilhelm Kienzl, Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Richard Sahla, and Felix Weingartner. In 1865, he supported Robert Fuchs in beginning his musical studies in Vienna.
His compositions were published under the pseudonym W. A. Rémy (an anagram of W. Mayer).
