Julius Reinhard Oppel (1878 in Grünberg, Hesse – 1941 in Leipzig) was a German composer.
Oppel was a student, correspondent,[3] and friend of Heinrich Schenker, the famous Viennese Jewish music theorist,[4] and made efforts to disseminate Schenkerian theory while a professor at Leipzig.
Until 1938, Oppel often played the organ not only in Protestant and Catholic churches, but also in synagogues in Leipzig.
For a complete list of works, see the University of Hamburg link given below.
)[9] The Korean pianist Heejung Kang[10] has revived music by Schenker and his students Reinhard Oppel, Paul Kletzki and Arnold Mendelssohn, in concert and on record: A Japanese String Quartet Starhill Quartet recorded Quartet No.4 F minor op.33 in 2018.