He studied at the Vienna Conservatory under Hans Schmitt (1835–1907), Robert Fuchs and Theodor Leschetizky and became acquainted with Johannes Brahms.
Leopold Godowsky dedicated his 1931 transcription of Adolf von Henselt’s Etude in F-sharp major (Si oiseau j'etais), Op.
[5] Alexander Raab’s piano students included Ernst Bacon,[6] Vera Bradford,[7] George J. Buelow,[8] Muriel Kerr,[9] Wanda Krasoff (who had been referred to Raab by Josef Hofmann),[3] Mortimer Markoff,[10] Sumner Marshall,[11] Robert Owens,[4] and Allan Willman.
[12] His pupils also studied under teachers such as Alfred Cortot,[4] Nadia Boulanger,[12] Rudolph Ganz, Percy Grainger,[7] Ernest Hutcheson,[9] and Paul Wells.
These recordings appear on CD alongside such distinguished names as Alfred Cortot, Guiomar Novaes, Ignaz Friedman, Arthur Friedheim, Vladimir de Pachmann, Ferruccio Busoni, Josef Hofmann and Harold Bauer.