Egon Wellesz
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Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974)
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Egon Wellesz was a male composer, musicologist, and teacher. He worked in the fields of music and classical music. His professional roles included serving as a teacher and a music professor.
He held nationalities in Great Britain, Austria, the United States, and Germany. Wellesz spoke German and English. He was born in 1885 and died in 1974. His body of work consists of two compositions.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1885–1974
- Nationality
- GB, AT, US, DE
- Role / Field
- Teachers, Musicologists, Composers, Teacher, Profesores de musica, Muzikologija
- Language
- ger, eng, deu
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 34 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Egon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Employer
- University of Vienna
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- German
- Student of
- Guido Adler
- Field of work
- Byzantine music
- Genre
- classical music
- Image
- Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) 1927 © Georg Fayer (1892–1950).jpg
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- member of
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- name in native language
- Egon Wellesz
- birth name
- Egon Joseph Wellesz
- Commons category
- Egon Wellesz
- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1885-10-21
- date of death
- 1974-11-09
- P8168
- Arco
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Egon Wellesz, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana