Max Seiffert

Max Seiffert (9 February 1868 – 15 April 1948) was a German musicologist and music arranger.

Seiffert was born in Beeskow an der Spree, Germany; and died in Schleswig, Germany. He was first educated at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium at Berlin, and then at the University of Berlin where he received a Ph.D. in 1891 for the dissertaion J.P. Sweelinck und seine direkten deutschen Schüler.

As well as producing modern editions of organ pieces by Bach and Buxtehude, Seiffert was responsible for the following:

• Making piano transcriptions of some of Bach's works (in association with Max Schneider).
• Assisting with the editing of the Händel-Gesellschaft.

In 1938 he received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science.