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Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who wrote the post-Romantic opera Palestrina. He was a self-described anti-modernist and a critic of the Nazis, but also a friend of Bruno Walter and Alma Moodie.
Hans Pfitzner war ein deutscher Komponist, Dirigent und Autor, der vor allem für seine Oper Palestrina bekannt ist. Er war auch politisch aktiv und vertrat antisemitische Ansichten, die ihn in der NS-Zeit in Ungnade fielen.
Learn about Hans Pfitzner, a German composer who upheld traditional ideals during the post-Wagnerian era. Find out his biography, operas, and musical style, as well as related topics and articles.
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May 6, 2019 · Whatever became of Hans Pfitzner? The composer of Palestrina was born 150 years ago this week, on May 5, 1869. And no-one’s paying a blind bit of attention. Pfitzner was respected by Mahler and ...
Palestrina is an opera by the German composer Hans Pfitzner, first performed in 1917.The composer referred to it as a Musikalische Legende (musical legend), and wrote the libretto himself, based on a legend about the Renaissance musician Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, who saves the art of contrapuntal music for the Church in the sixteenth century through his composition of the Missa Papae ...
Hans Erich Pfitzner est un compositeur et chef d'orchestre allemand, né à Moscou le 5 mai 1869 et mort à Salzbourg le 22 mai 1949. Il est surtout connu pour son opéra Palestrina , inspiré de la vie du compositeur du même nom .
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Jun 16, 2019 · Hans-Christian Schmidt has written that this Concerto "is a brilliant and inspired work... an achievement that does bear traces of genius, and one of the mos...
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