Adolf Scherbaum (15 August 1931 – 10 March 2003) was an Austrian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, flautist,

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and graphic artist. His entire opus, around 2000 compositions, is stored in the Music Department of the Austrian National LibraryOTS (Originaltext-Service GmbH) press release 4/23/2006 (in German)
/ref> in Vienna. The composer’s sister, Inge Adamiker-Scherbaum, has made his entire opus accessible to the public through a website. Scherbaum was born in Vienna. He was one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century, and wrote almost 2000 pieces. He died in

Linz Linz (Pronunciation: , ; ) is the capital of Upper Austria and List of cities and towns in Austria, third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube, the city is in the far north of Austria, south of the border with the Czech Repub ...

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Works of and about Adolf Scherbaum SWVWorks of Adolf Scherbaum at the Austrian National LibraryAudio sample
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scherbaum, Adolf 1931 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Austrian classical composers Musicians from Vienna Austrian male classical composers 20th-century Austrian male musicians Composers from Linz Composers from Vienna 20th-century Austrian flautists