Fritz Oeser

Fritz Oeser was a musicologist, most famous for preparing restored versions of Bizet's Carmen in 1964 and Offenbach's Les [contes d'Hoffmann] in 1976. The former was heavily criticized for lack of editorial integrity by Winton Dean. He also edited the 1877 version of Anton Bruckner's Third Symphony in D Minor.
Oeser was educated at the University of Leipzig and the Leipzig Conservatory. His teachers included Helmuth Schultz and Theodor Kroyer. He was a recognized authority on Anton Bruckner and his music. He worked for the Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, Leipzig.