Peter Mieg
Peter Mieg (5 September 1906 – 7 December 1990) was a Swiss composer, painter and journalist.
Peter Mieg
- Name
- Peter Mieg
- Born
- 5 September 1906
- Birthplace
- Lenzburg
- Died
- 7 December 1990
- Place of death
- Aarau
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- journalist · composer · painter · artist · writer · theatre critic
- Languages
- German
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Key facts
• Name — Peter Mieg • Born — 5 September 1906 • Birthplace — Lenzburg • Died — 7 December 1990 • Place of death — Aarau
Biography
Biography
Mieg was born in Lenzburg where he spent almost all his life. He studied art history, archaeology, music history as well as French and German Literature in Zurich, Basel and Paris from 1927 to 1933. In the early 1930s Mieg became a journalist writing articles about art, music and literature for newspapers such as the Basler Nachrichten, the Weltwoche and the Badener Tagblatt. Between 1933 and 1939 he became friends with the conductor and patron Paul Sacher and the composers Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Arthur Honegger and Bohuslav Martinu.
Painting
Painting
In 1961 Mieg exhibited his gouaches for the first time. They mostly represent still life and landscapes. He had been painting since his childhood.
Family
Family
Peter Mieg's grandaunt was Swiss composer and singer Fanny Hünerwadel (1826–1854).
Identity
Identity
Peter Mieg is recorded with the occupation theatre critic. Recorded as journalist, composer, painter, artist and writer.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1906
Peter Mieg was born on 5 September 1906.
1990
Peter Mieg died on 7 December 1990.
Compositions
In the 1940s Mieg completed his musical formation with Frank Martin. His first important works were written in the 1950s in a very personal neoclassicism. From that time on he was commissioned by the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich (Symphony, 1958), the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Concerto per clavicembalo e orchestra da camera, 1953, Concerto Veneziano, 1955, the Concerto for oboe and orchestra, 1957, the Concerto pour piano à quatre mains et orchestre à cordes, 1980), the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (Piano Concerto No. 2, 1962), the Lucerne Festival Strings (Toccata – Arioso – Gigue, 1959, and Triple concerto dans le goût italien, 1978), and many others. Mieg wrote some 135 compositions, including several concertos (for piano, for violin, for flute, for 2 flutes, for harp, for cello, for piano and cello), a lot of chamber music and piano music (5 piano sonatas).
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scholarly publication
- Mieg, Peter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 138419256, Peter, Mieg.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “Peter Mieg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
Mieg, Peter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 138419256, Peter, Mieg.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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