Peter Josef von Lindpainter
Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German composer and conductor. Peter Josef von Lindpainter was born in Koblenz as the son of a tenor, he studied with Peter Winter and Joseph Graetz. From 1819 onwards he was based in Stuttgart.
Peter Josef von Lindpainter

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- Name
- Peter Josef von Lindpaintner
- Born
- 8 December 1791
- Birthplace
- Koblenz
- Died
- 21 August 1856
- Place of death
- Nonnenhorn, Bavaria
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Fields
- opera
- Teachers
- Joseph Graetz
- Languages
- German
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Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German composer and conductor. Peter Josef von Lindpainter was born in Koblenz as the son of a tenor, he studied with Peter Winter and Joseph Graetz. From 1819 onwards he was based in Stuttgart.
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Some of his early operas were Singspiele, but under the influence of Carl Maria von Weber his interest shifted to Romantic opera. He died in Nonnenhorn, Bavaria, on Lake Constance.

Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner
Siegfried Goslich: Die deutsche romantische Oper. Tutzing: Schneider, 1975
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Peter Josef von Lindpaintner • Born — 8 December 1791 • Birthplace — Koblenz • Died — 21 August 1856 • Place of death — Nonnenhorn, Bavaria • Occupation — * Composer • Conductor
Operas
Operas
• Opus — Title — Genre — Sub­divisions — Libretto — Premiere date — Place, theatre • 20 — Demophoon — opera seria — 3 acts — CastelliIgnaz Franz Castelli — 29 January 1811 — Munich • 94 — blindeDer blinde Gärtner, oder Die blühende Aloë — Singspiel — 1 act — KotzebueAugust von Kotzebue — 10 July 1813 or 21 November 1815 — Munich, Isartortheater • 143 — PflegekinderDie Pflegekinder — Singspiel — 2 acts — ThienemannKarl Thienemann — 1812 or 19 November 1814 — Munich, Isartortheater • 148 — PrinzessinDie Prinzessin von Cacambo — komische Oper — 3 acts — KotzebueAugust von Kotzebue — 1814 or 2 March 1815 — Munich, Isartortheater • 151 — SternköniginDie Sternkönigin or: Das Sternenmädchen — romantisch-komisches Volksmärchen — 2 acts — VossJ. A. Voß — 13 July or September 1815 — Munich, Isartortheater • 162 — ChristusbildDas Christusbild, oder Kunstsinn und Liebe — Singspiel — 2 acts — May/June 1816 — Stuttgart? • 163 — Hans Max Giesbrecht von der Humpenburg oder Die neue Ritterzeit — Singspiel — 1 act — KotzebueAugust von Kotzebue — May or 6 June 1816 — Munich, Isartortheater • 168 — Pervonte, oder Die Wünsche — komisches Oper — 3 acts — Lindpaintner, after a tale by Christoph Martin Wieland — June or 14 August 1816 — Munich, Isartortheater • 203 — RosenmadchenDie Rosenmädchen — Singspiel — 3 acts — Lindpaintner and August von Kotzebue, after Emmanuel Théaulon — 3 June 1818 — Vienna, Theater an der Wien • 225 — Timantes (revision of Demophoon) — große heroische Oper — 3 acts — HiemerFranz Xaver Hiemer — 22 January 1820 — Stuttgart, Hof • 231 — Sulmona — Oper — 3 acts — Lindpaintner and Hiemer, after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner — 11 April 1823 — Stuttgart, Hof • 235 — BergkönigDer Bergkönig — romantische Oper — 3 acts — HanischKarl Hanisch — 30 January 1825 — Stuttgart, Hof • 260 — VampyrDer Vampyr — romantische Oper — 3 acts — HeigelCäsar Max Heigel — 21 September 1828 — Stuttgart, Hof • 268 — AmazoneDie Amazone, oder Der Frauen und der Liebe Sieg — Oper — 3 acts — RobertLudwig Robert — 28 September 1831 — Stuttgart, Hof • 275 — BürgschaftDie Bürgschaft — große Oper — 3 acts — BiedenfeldFriedrich Ludwig Carl Biedenfeld, after Friedrich Schiller's poem "Die Bürgschaft" — 28 September 1834 — Stuttgart, Hof • 284 — MachtDie Macht des Liedes — komische Oper — 3 acts — CastelliIgnaz Franz Castelli — 13 March 1836 — Stuttgart, Hof • 295 — GenueserinDie Genueserin — große romantische Oper — 2 acts — BergerCarl Philipp Berger — 8 February 1839 — Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor • 332 — sicilianischeDie sizilianische Vesper — große romantische Oper — 4 acts — Heribert Rau — 6 or 10 May 1843 — Stuttgart • 364 — Lichtenstein — große Oper — 5 acts — DingelstedtFranz Dingelstedt, after Wilhelm Hauff's novel Lichtenstein — 26 August 1846 — Stuttgart • 446 — Giulia, oder die Corsen — Oper — 4 acts — LewaldAugust Lewald — 20 November 1853 — Stuttgart • 481 — Libella — Oper — 2 acts — composed in 1855, but unperformed
Life and career
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1856
Peter Josef von Lindpainter died in 1856 at Nonnenhorn.
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Koblenz.
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- 1.De opera Demophoon werd in 1819 herwerkt als Timantes, op. 225 met een nieuw libretto van Franz Xaver Hiemer
- 2.Het auteurschap is niet zonder twijfel, omdat het ook mogelijk is, dat deze opera (Die Prinzessin von Cacambo) een bewerking van een oorspronkelijk werk van Wenzel Müller is.
- 3.De opera Die Sterne-Königin werd naar F. Kauer herwerkt en compleet nieuw gecomponeerd als Das Sternenmädchen im Meidlinger Walde en had 3 bedrijven. Het libretto was van Leopold Huber
- 4.De opera Der Vampyr, op. 260, werd in 1850 herwerkt en recitatieven geïnvolveerd
- 5.Von Lindpaintner componeerde al 12 jaar voor Giuseppe Verdi een opera met deze titel Die sizilianische Vesper (de Siciliaanse Vespers)
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