Fritz Volbach

Fritz Volbach (17 December 1861 – 30 November 1940) was a German conductor, composer and musicologist.

After he was briefly a pupil of the Rheinische Musikschule [de] with Ferdinand Hiller, he resumed his school education in Bruchsal, where he also passed his Abitur.

[2] After his studies he worked as a teacher at the Institute for Church Music in 1887; he also conducted the Academic Liedertafel and a choir.

Volbach's compositions include an opera, a symphony and three symphonic poems.

Some parts of his estate are kept in the Universitätsarchiv der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster [de].