Max Springer (December 1877 – 20 January 1954)[1][better source needed] was a German organist, composer and music educator.
He was initially a pupil of the Beuron Archabbey and came to Prague as organist of the St. Emmaus Monastery, a branch of the Beuron Monastery, where he studied at the German university with, among others, Antonín Dvořák and Josef Klička.
As early as 1910, he taught composition at the Wiener Musikakademie, and in 1923 he was appointed full professor and received the title of "Hofrat".
In 1926, he became director of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Among his students were Johann Bauernfeind, Kurt Wöss, Erwin Weiss, Karl Josef Walter, Marko Tajčević, and Anton Nowakowski.