Hans Pfitzner
From 1923 to 1926 Melichar was in the Caucasus, where he collected materials on Caucasian folk songs. He then lived in Berlin and Vienna. As a composer, he followed the safe footpath of Max Reger, Hans Pfitzner, and Paul Graener; he wrote a symphonic poem, "Der Dom" (1934); "Rhapsodie über ein schwedisches Volkslied" (1939); "Lustspiel-Ouvertüre" (1942); lieder; and film music.