Erwin Dressel

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Erwin Dressel (June 10, 1909, Berlin - December 1972, Berlin) German composer and pianist.

Following the success of his incidental music for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Dressel wrote many operas for the Deutsche Staatsoper. He also arranged music for the radio, concertized as a pianist and wrote orchestral music, including four symphonies as well as concertos for various instruments (including one for two saxophones).

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• Joseph Clark, "Dressel, Erwin" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. New York: Macmillan Publishers Limited (1980): 5 629