Max Meyer-Olbersleben (5 April 1850 in Olbersleben – 31 December 1927 in Würzburg) was a German composer and pianist.
Meyer-Olbersleben studied with Carl Müllerhartung and
Franz Liszt at the Weimar Orchestra School, and with
Josef Rheinberger, Franz Wüllner, and
Peter Cornelius at the Munich Conservatory. After graduation, he became Professor of piano and theory in Weimar. Later, he was Professor of counterpoint and composition at the Bavarian State Conservatory of Music in Würzburg, and became its director from 1907 to 1920. Some notable students were
Adolf Sandberger, Heinrich Steinbeck, Bernard Homola and Marc Roland. In addition, he conducted the Würzburg Liedertafel from 1879 and was Court Kapellmeister of Prince-Bishop of Würzburg.
Meyer-Olberleben became known primarily as a composer of songs and choral works.
His son is the composer Ernst Ludwig Meyer-Olbersleben.
