Alexander Winterberger

[5] In 1855 Liszt inspected the construction of the new organ at Merseburg Cathedral, and resolved to write (some sources say he was commissioned by Winterberger) a grand piece for the official opening: his Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H.

[6] On the same occasion Winterberger also played Liszt's arrangement of the Church Festive Overture on the chorale "Ein feste Burg" ("A Mighty Fortress") by Otto Nicolai.

[2] On 31 August 1856 he played the organ part in the premiere of Liszt's Missa solennis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran (Gran Mass), at the inauguration of Esztergom Basilica, conducted by the composer, in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and his Viennese court.

[9] Winterberger arranged for the organ Liszt's 1859 Prelude on Bach's Cantata Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, originally written for piano.

He lived at various times in Vienna, St Petersburg and Leipzig;[13] his pupils in Vienna included Samuel de Lange jr.[14] Alexander Winterberger's photographic portrait by Sergey Lvovich Levitsky is housed at the State P. I. Tchaikovsky Memorial Museum at Klin, Russia.