Wilhelm Petersen
Illustration — Wilhelm Petersen in the 1930s Wilhelm Petersen (15 March 1890 – 18 December 1957) was a German composer and conductor. His body of work includes, among other things, five major symphonies, a piano concerto, a violin concerto, an opera Der goldene Topf (premiered in Darmstadt 1941), and a mass, as well as numerous choral and chamber music pieces, along with songs. Petersen's works are stylistically positioned at the vague boundary between late Romanticism and Modernism and are mostly composed in his own distinctive tonal language.
Wilhelm Petersen
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- Born
- 1890 · Athens.
- Died
- 1957 · Darmstadt.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- composer · librettist · writer · music professor · music critic · musicographer
- Education
- University of Music and Theatre Munich · Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium
- Known for
- Great Mass op. 27 · Der goldne Topf · Symphony No. 3
- Honours
- Georg Büchner Prize
- Languages
- German
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Wilhelm Petersen was a composer and writer on music, born on 15 March 1890 in Athens and died on 18 December 1957 in Darmstadt.
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Born at Athens in 1890, died in Darmstadt in 1957.
Wilhelm Petersen studied at University of Music and Theatre Munich and Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium. The recorded working language is German. Works named in the authority record are Great Mass op. Distinctions recorded are Georg Büchner Prize.
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