Max Josef Beer

Max Josef Beer (25 August 1851 – 25 November 1908 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer. Max Josef Beer studied with Felix Otto Dessoff and at a very young age received a commission from the Austrian government for the compositions Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Auferweckung des Lazarus, and a number of songs. On 15 February 1871, his opera seria in four acts, Elizabeth of Hungary, premiered at Milan’s La Scala, starring Elisabetta Sternberg (soprano), Louis Auguste Arsandaux (tenor), Jean-Louis Lasalle (baritone) and Joseph-Victor Warot (bass). Beer also wrote Der Streik der Schmiede, a verismo one-act opera, which unsuccessfully premiered at Augsburg, 1897. He died in Vienna at age 57 and was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery. Other compositions *Fünf Minnelieder for pianoforte *Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme for voice with piano accompaniment *Eichendorffiana, 9 piano pieces *Ghazals, 6 piano pieces *Lyrisches Intermezzo, four impressions for piano *Sturm und Stille, 6 songs based on poems by C. Stögmann, Oskar von Redwitz, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Rückert *Des Sängers Fluch, after Ludwig Uhland, for declamation with piano accompaniment *Ein Fastnachtsmärchen, 8 Carnival pieces for