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Alfred Remy
1870–1937
A German-born American writer on music and languages, he moved easily between scholarship, criticism, and teaching. His work reflects a wide curiosity, from music history and criticism to philology and comparative religion.
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A First Spanish Reader
by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler, Alfred Remy
About the author
Born in Elberfeld, Germany, on March 16, 1870, Alfred Remy emigrated to the United States while still young and built his career in New York. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1890 and later earned an M.A. from Columbia in 1905.
Remy taught languages in several schools and became known as a music critic for Vogue. Other reference sources also describe him as a music editor and note that he studied piano, violin, and music theory, which helps explain the practical musical knowledge behind his writing.
He wrote across several fields, including music, philology, and religion, bringing a scholarly but accessible spirit to his books and essays. He died in New York on February 26, 1937.