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Richard Stoehr (11 June 1874 - 11 December 1967) was an Austrian composer, music author and teacher.
Born in Vienna, he studied composition with Robert Fuchs at the Vienna Conservatory.
After working there as a repetiteur and choral instructor from 1900, he taught music (theory of harmony, counterpoint, form) from 1903 to 1938, being professor from 1915. Among his students were Alois Heba and Hellmut Federhofer.
He emigrated to the US in 1938 and taught at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. His students there included Leonard Bernstein.
He died in Montpelier, Vermont in the United States.
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