author
Alfred Remy
1870–1937
Best known for practical language readers and a wide-ranging career in music writing, this German-born American scholar moved easily between the classroom and the concert hall. His work reflects both a teacher’s clarity and a critic’s ear.
1 Audiobook
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 later made his life and career in the United States. He studied at the College of the City of New York, graduating in 1890, and went on to earn an M.A. from Columbia in 1905.
Remy worked as a philologist, language teacher, and writer on music. Sources describe him as teaching languages in several schools, while also contributing as a music critic for Vogue and serving in music journalism and editorial work more broadly.
For audiobook listeners, he is especially notable as the co-author of A First Spanish Reader, a beginner-friendly text designed to help students build confidence with simple Spanish prose. He died in New York on February 26, 1937.