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Hans Pfitzner
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Hans Pfitzner was a German composer, conductor, university teacher, and writer born in Moscow in 1869. He studied at the Hoch Conservatory under Iwan Knorr and later taught at the University of Music and Theatre Munich. His professional affiliations included membership in the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Pfitzner spoke and wrote in German and Russian, and played the piano. He composed works in the genres of opera and classical music, including *Columbus*, *Werk und Wiedergabe*, *Die Rose vom Liebesgarten*, *Kurze einfuhrung*, and *Der arme Heinrich*.
Pfitzner received several awards, such as the Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, the Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, and the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. He died in Salzburg in 1949 and is buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. His archives are held at the Bavarian State Library and the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg. His work has been described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1869
- Died
- 1949
- Works
- 63
Top works
- Columbus
- Werk und Wiedergabe
- Die Rose vom Liebesgarten
- Kurze einfuhrung
- Der arme Heinrich
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,456
- Total plays
- 46,073
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Hans Erich Pfitzner (May 5, 1869 – May 22, 1949) was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Born in Moscow, Pfitzner spent most of his life in Germany, working as conductor, pianist, and teacher as well as composer. Pfitzner was the son of a professional violinist and received lessons from his father when he was quite young. <a href="http
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Salzburg
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Hoch Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Student of
- Iwan Knorr
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Hans Pfitzner by Wanda von Debschitz-Kunowski, ca 1910.jpg
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Hans Pfitzner
- date of birth
- 1869-05-05
- date of death
- 1949-05-21
- name in native language
- Hans Pfitzner
- student
- Ture Rangström
- P8168
- Christian Niccum
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Works in European collections
9 objects attributed to Hans Pfitzner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Hans Pfitzner, c. 1910
Hans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina (1917), very loosely based on the life of the sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and his Missa Papae Marcelli.
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