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Apr 28, 1863 Vienna, Austria Died on 11 Aug 1940 (aged 77)
Austrian composer
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About Alfred Zamara
- Alfred Zamara (1863–1940) was an Austrian composer and harpist. He was the son of Antonio Zamara (1823 or 1829 or 1831 or 1835 –1901) and was born in Vienna.
- Like his father, became professor of harp at the Vienna Conservatory and solo harpist at the Vienna Hofoper.
- He and his sister, Theresa, were both taught the harp by their father.
- Alfred Zamara wrote many salon pieces, made transcriptions for the harp, and edited François Joseph Naderman's Sieben Etuden; among his pupils was Joseph E.
- Schuëcker (1886-1938) from 1900-01.
- ( Antonio Zamara had taught Joseph's father and uncle, Edmund Schuëcker (1860-1911) from 1871–77 and Heinrich Schuëcker (1867-1913) from 1878–84) The Zamaras were a Viennese family of harpists active in the musical life of Croatia in the 19th century.
- His father, Antonio Zamara, had been born in Italy but the family moved to Austria.
- His sister, Theresa, was a member of the Budapest Opera and later taught harp at the Vienna Conservatory.
- He collaborated with Viktor Léon to produce the opera Der Doppelgänger which was produced at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich in September 1886.
