Ewald Straesser (Sträßer) (27 June 1867 – 4 April 1933)[1] was a German composer.
Straesser was born in Burscheid, near Cologne. He was a student of Franz Wüllner at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and later counted Georg von Albrecht[2] among his own students, also Erwin Schulhoff (teaching him instrumentation/orchestration)[3] At the Hochschule he succeeded Joseph Haas as professor of composition in 1921.[4]
He died in 1933 in Stuttgart. Wilhelm Furtwängler,[5] Hermann Abendroth[6] and other conductors and ensembles featured works by Straesser in their concerts. The conductor Karl Panzner (1866–1923)[7] championed Straesser's symphonies early on[8] (and premiered his 5th symphony.)[9]
Major works by Straesser include:
There is an Ewald-Sträßer-Weg (Way/Street) in Burscheid.[12]