Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974)
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Egon Joseph Wellesz (October 21, 1885 – November 9, 1974) Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist, pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music. Left Austria for England in the wake of the Anschluss — more specifically, as noted in a review of the recent recording of songs and orchestral works on the Capriccio label — probably quoting their program notes — was in the Netherlands at the time by good fortune. Wrote nine symphonies and an equal number of string quartets <a href="ht
5 total works indexed
· 1985 · cited 33,101x
· 1981 · cited 2,657x
· 1986 · cited 2,182x
· 1933 · cited 1,969x
· 1956 · cited 1,836x
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2 objects attributed to Egon Wellesz, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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