Volkmar Andreae

He received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with Karl Munzinger.

From 1897 to 1900, he studied at the Cologne Conservatory and was a student of Fritz Brun, Franz Wüllner, Isidor Seiss and Friedrich Wilhelm Franke.

(He was offered the opportunity of succeeding Gustav Mahler as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1911, but he declined.

He is mentioned in Chapter XXI of Thomas Mann's novel Doctor Faustus, where he is cited as conducting the Thirteen Brentano Lieder by the fictional composer Adrian Leverkühn.

[3] His grandson is the conductor Marc Andreae [de], who recorded various of his grandfather's works for the Guild label.