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Otto ___, founder of the Vienna Philharmonic best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nicolai

(Another definition for nicolai that I've seen is " The Merry Wives of Windsor composer".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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