Gustave J. Stoeckel

Gustave Jakob Stoeckel (November 9, 1819 – May 14, 1907) was a longtime music instructor and college organist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Born in Maikammer, Bavarian Palatinate, Stoeckel graduated from the seminary in Kaiserslautern in 1838, and then pursued a post-graduate course in musical composition under Joseph Krebs.

[3] He made his last appearance as a professor of music performing preludes and postludes for the graduating class at the commencement exercises held in Battell Chapel on Sunday, June 24, 1894.

Besides compositions for the piano, songs, and overtures and symphonies for orchestra, he was also the author of several unpublished operas: "Lichtenstein," "Mahomet," "Miles Standish," and "Miskodeeda.

"[1] Yale University named a former student club building in honor of Gustave Stoeckel in 1954 when the School of Music moved in.