Egon Wellesz
1885–1974 (age 89)
Biography
Egon Wellesz was born in 1885 and became one of Austria's most insightful composers and musicologists, blending modernist impulses with reverence for tradition in both his operatic and choral works.
As a teacher and scholar he shaped the thinking of countless musicians, leaving a rich legacy of compositions and writings that continue to be studied and cherished beyond his passing in 1974, now commemorated at Vienna Central Cemetery.