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Paul Dessau

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German composer and conductor (1894-1979)

Person · Open Library

Born
1894
Died
1979
Works
25

Top works

  • Das Verhör des Lukullus
  • 9 Lieder, Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
  • Herrnburger Bericht
  • Opern
  • 5 Kinderlieder

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Listeners
1,726
Total plays
13,592

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Paul Dessau (19 December 1894 Hamburg, Germany - 28 June 1979 in Königs Wusterhausen, Germany) was a German composer and conductor. Dessau was born in Hamburg into a musical family. His grandfather, Moses Berend Dessau, was a cantor, his uncle, Bernhard Dessau, a violinist at the Royal Opera House, Unter den Linden, and his cousin Max Winterfeld became generally known under the name Jean Gilbert as a composer of operettas. From 1909 he majored in violin at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservator

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