Hugo Weisgall
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Advancing American art
- Tangents
- Psalm of the distant dove
- The tenor
- Lyrical interval
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1912-10-13
- Active to
- 1997-03-11
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 61
- Total plays
- 334
Tags
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One of America’s most important opera composers, Hugo Weisgall’s output also included orchestral, chamber and choral works, eight major song cycles, and music for ballet. His opera Six Characters in Search of an Author brought Weisgall national acclaim when it was first performed by the New York City Opera in 1959. The same company commissioned and performed his Nine Rivers from Jordan in 1968, and later staged his Esther, based on the biblical story. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hugo+Weis
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ivančice
- Place of death
- Manhasset
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Peabody Institute
- Employer
- Juilliard School
- Genre
- opera
- Image
- Hugo Weisgall plaque.jpg
- Residence
- Great Neck Peninsula
Show 3 more facts
- date of death
- 1997-01-01
- date of birth
- 1912-10-13
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
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