Skip to content
Peter Wilhousky

Image by DomyD on Pixabay · Pixabay License

EntityQ7177709· pop 6· linked from 57 articles

Peter Wilhousky

Sign in to save

Also known as Peter J. Wilhousky

Rusyn composer, music educator, and choral conductor (1902–1978)

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Carol of the Bells for Saxophone Quartet
  • Carol of the Bells per Quartetto Di Clarinetti
  • Carol of the Bells for Clarinet Quartet

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1902
Active to
1978

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
583
Total plays
2,625

Peter J. Wilhousky (1902-1978) was a popular Ukrainian-Carpatho-Rusyn-American composer, educator, and choral director. He was featured on several broadcasts of classical music with Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra, including the historic 1947 broadcast of Verdi's opera Otello. He wrote the English lyrics to the popular "Carol of the Bells". His arrangement of the Battle Hymn of the Republic for Chorus, Band, and Orchestra, is probably the most famous arrangement of the hymn after

via Last.fm · Peter Wilhousky

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Joseph
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Passaic
Place of death
Norwalk
Occupation
choir director
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Carol of the Bells
Show 6 more facts
date of death
1978-01-04
cause of death
carcinoma
place of burial
New Jersey
date of birth
1902-07-06
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Peter Joseph Wilhousky
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

Available in 6 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0