Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 2007
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Du holde Kunst
- Tonweisen sind Denkweisen
- Stufen und Intervalle
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1909-06-21
- Active to
- 2007-10-09
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 75
- Total plays
- 1,097
Tags
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Kurt Schwaen (June 21, 1909 in Katowice – October 9, 2007 in Berlin) was a German composer. Schwaen studied piano, organ and composition under Fritz Lubrich. From 1929 to 1933 he studied at the universities of Berlin and Breslau, where his teachers included Curt Sachs and Arnold Schering. In 1930 he met Hanns Eisler who had a profound impact on his compositional style. After becoming active in an anti-fascist student group, he joined the Communist Party of Germany; from 1935 to 1938 he was impri
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kurt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Katowice
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- librettist
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.kurtschwaen.de
- Image
- KurtSchwaen.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kurt Schwaen
- date of death
- 2007-10-09
- date of birth
- 1909-06-21
- member of
- Academy of Arts of the GDR
- name in native language
- Kurt Schwaen
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Kurt Schwaen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
