Reissmann

(ris'-man), August writer. b. Frank ens tein, Silesia, Nov. 14, 1825; d. Berlin, Dec. 1, 1903. Pupil of Jung, Baumgart, Richter, etc.; in Weimar with Liszt 1850-52; lived in Halle, in Berlin 1863-80, where he lectured at Stem Cons., in Leipzig, Wiesbaden, and again Berlin; wrote biographies of Schumann, Schubert, Haydn, Weber, etc books on opera and history Geschichte ( des deutschen Liedes), edited Gathy’s lexicon, and Mendel’s; composed operas, ballet, oratorio, etc.