William Dressler
English-born composer and arranger
About William Dressler
Born 1826.
William Dressler (1826 – July 2, 1914) was a music composer and arranger.
Early life and education Dressler was born in Nottingham, England in 1826. His father was a court flutist for the King of Saxony.
In 1847, Dressler graduated from the Cologne Conservatory of Music. After that, Dressler was the first violinist and later conductor of the Opera House in Wiesbaden. and compiled a glee and chorus book titled Ne Plus Ultra.
Dresller played both piano and mouth organ, and also accompanied Ole Bull.
Dressler was the musical editor for the publishing house William Hall & Son & J. L. Peters for a time. His son, Louis Raphael Dressler, born in 1861 also became a musician.
William Dressler died on July 2, 1914, in New York City. He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" "Night in Venice" "Nell Gwynne" (an opera arranged by Dressler, related to Nell Gwyn) "Castle Garden Schottisch" "Reindeer Polka" Spring Mornings Dawn of the Day
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English-born composer and arranger (1826–1914)
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