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Wilhelm Petersen
1890-1957 DE
Composer / Conductor of Classical
Wilhelm Petersen (15 March 1890 - 18 December 1957) was a German composer and conductor.He was born in Athens and spent his childhood in Darmstadt. From 1908 to 1913 he studied in Munich with Friedrich Klose, Felix Mottl and Rudolf Louis. In addition to music he wrote lyric and dramatic poetry and was on the fringes of the circle around Stefan George.Petersen was an apprentice conductor in Lübeck under Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1913-14; at the end of the First World War he was active as a writer in the Expressionist movement in Munich but from 1919 devoted himself entirely to music. His early music is described as radically Expressionistic, but in the 1920s he progressively clarified his style, arriving at a monumental tonal style typified by his Grosse Messe, op. 27 of 1928-9, premiered in 1
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lieder Op. 12, 13, 45, 46 | Wilhelm Petersen / Hans Christoph Begemann, Matthias Gräff-Schestag | 2001 | Album |
| Große Messe Op. 27 | Wilhelm Petersen - Mitsuko Shirai · Hildegard Hartwig, Adalbert Kraus · Thomas Thomaschke, Der Chor Des Musikvereins Darmstadt - Das Orchester Des Staatstheaters Darmstadt - Hans Drewanz | 1983 | Album |
| Sämtliche Streichquartette - Complete String Quartets | Wilhelm Petersen, Günter Kehr Quartett-Ensemble | 1979 | Album |
| Werke Für Violine Und Klavier | Wilhelm Petersen - Helmut Mendius, Richard Laugs | Album | |
| Sinfonietta / Klavierquartett / Variationen Für Streichorchester | Wilhelm Petersen - Mainzer Kammerorchester, Günter Kehr, Jacqueline Eymar, Kehr-Trio | Album |
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