Reiser, Alois

Composed 1934. First performance Los Angeles, 24 January 1936, Los Angeles Federal Symphony Orchestra of the WPA, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Erewhon / by Alois Reiser. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53438646

Composed 1919. First performance Los Angeles, 23 March, 1933, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conductor, Ilya Bronson soloist. Received honorable mention in the Hollywood Bowl competition, 1932.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 14 / by Alois Reiser. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53438633

Reiser was born on Apr. 6, 1887 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied with Antonín Dvořák at the Prague Conservatory; also took cello lessons and toured Europe; went to New York in 1905; played cello with the Pittsburgh Symphony and the New York Symphony; worked as a theater conductor in New York, 1918-29; moved to Hollywood in 1929, where he worked as a composer and conductor at film studios; compositions include the opera Gobi (1912), Concerto for cello and orchestra (1916), String quartet in E minor (1916), Little coquette (1918), From Mount Rainier (1926), Slavic rhapsody (1927), Trio in F major (1931), and Erewhon (1931); he died on Apr. 4, 1977 in Los Angeles.

From the description of Collection of musical works, 1920-1950. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41598151

Composed 1910. First performance Prague, August 1911, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, W. Zemanek conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Evening of summer : symphonic idyll, op. 8 / by Alois Reiser. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53438690

Composed 1915. First performance Los Angeles, 8 March, 1931, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Slavic rhapsody / by Alois Reiser. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53438696

Biography

Reiser was born on Apr. 6, 1887 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied with Antonín Dvorák at the Prague Conservatory; also took cello lessons and toured Europe; went to New York in 1905; played cello with the Pittsburgh Symphony and the New York Symphony; worked as a theater conductor in New York, 1918-29; moved to Hollywood in 1929, where he worked as a composer and conductor at film studios; compositions include the opera Gobi (1912), Concerto for cello and orchestra (1916), String quartet in E minor (1916), Little coquette (1918), From Mount Rainier (1926), Slavic rhapsody (1927), Trio in F major (1931), and Erewhon (1931); he died on Apr. 4, 1977 in Los Angeles.

From the guide to the Alois Reiser Collection, 1920-1950, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections)