Felix Wolfes (September 2, 1892 in Hannover – March 28, 1971 in Boston) was an American educator, conductor and composer.
After graduating from high school, he attended the Leipzig Conservatory, where he studied music theory with Max Reger and piano with Robert Teichmüller.
[1] In Dortmund he had to leave his position in the spring of 1933 due to the Nazi rise to power.
In 1938 he moved to New York City, where he worked as an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, where he stayed until 1947.
As a disciple of Strauss and Pfitzner, Wolfes composed vocal works using similar complex rhythmic and harmonic materials.