Walter Rudolph Niemann

Walter Rudolph Niemann (10 October 1876, Hamburg – 17 June 1953, Leipzig) was a German composer, arranger, and music critic. Born in Hamburg, Niemann was the son of composer and virtuoso pianist Rudolph Niemann (1838–1898). His uncle, Gustav Adolph Niemann (1843–1881) was a violinist and important musical figure in Helsinki. Walter Niemann studied with Engelbert Humperdinck as a youth in Leipzig. He then entered the Leipzig Conservatory where he was a pupil of Carl Reinecke.