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