Pierre Wissmer
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Le quatrième mage
- Réflexions
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1915-10-30
- Active to
- 1992-11-04
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 208
- Total plays
- 769
Tags
switzerlandmodern classicalswiss
Pierre Wissmer’s music bears testimony to his ethnic origins, his musical education and his time Taking on all these influences, he made them his own, often in a synthetic way. Yet, above all, he used his personal imagination to trace his own creative path, treading it deliberately, making no concessions whatsoever. Pierre Wissmer was born in 1915 in Geneva, of ancien Vaudois descent on his father’s side but his mother Xenia Kowarsky, was of Russian origin. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/P
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Geneva
- Place of death
- Cuers
- Occupation
- teacher
- Position held
- rector
- Employer
- Schola Cantorum de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Charles Munch
- Genre
- symphony
- Movement
- classical music
- Official website
- www.pierrewissmer.com
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- date of death
- 1992-11-04
- date of birth
- 1915-10-30
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