Alexander Von Zemlinsky

Austrian Composer and Conductor

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher who played a significant role in the musical world of his time, bridging the late Romantic period and the early modernist movement. He was born in Vienna and studied at the Vienna Conservatory where he was a contemporary of Arnold Schoenberg, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship and professional relationship. Zemlinsky's compositional style evolved over his career, initially influenced by Brahms and later incorporating more complex harmonies and structures akin to those found in the works of his students and peers.