Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (Göttingen, 12 October 1882 – Munich, 14 June 1954) was a German composer, conductor, teacher and writer.
[2] This did not prevent Waltershausen from pursuing music, however – he specialised in left-handed piano performance with Schmid-Lindner and conducted with his left hand.
Waltershausen's greatest professional success was the opera Oberst Chabert, which he adapted from the novel by Honoré de Balzac.
Composer and critic Edgar Istel commented, "Though Waltershausen has not as yet shown himself to be a musician of great importance, one must watch his development as a dramatist with interest.
"[3] Waltershausen also wrote the libretto to Hermann Zilcher's comic opera Doktor Eisenbart.