Alban Förster

Alban Förster (October 23, 1849 - January 18, 1916) was a German composer and conductor. A native of Reichenbach im Vogtland,^[1] he studied at the Dresden Conservatory, where he later taught in 1881 and 1882.^[2] His opera The Maidens of Schilde, to a libretto by Rudolf Bunge [de], premiered in Dresden in 1889. His opera Lorle, to a libretto by Hans Heinrich Schefsky (a pseudonym of Victor von Falk [sl]), was premiered in the same city in 1891.^[3] He died at Neustrelitz, where he had been a court musician and later court conductor.^[2]