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Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German composer and conductor.
Born in Koblenz as the son of a
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Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German composer and conductor.
Born in Koblenz as the son of a tenor
A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...
, he studied with Peter Winter
Peter Winter, later Peter von Winter, (baptised 28 August 1754 – 17 October 1825) was a German violinist, conductor and composer, especially of operas. He began his career as a player at the Mannheim court, and advanced to conductor. When the ...
and Joseph Graetz
Joseph Graetz (2 December 1760 – 17 July 1826) was a German composer, organist, and music educator.
Career
Graetz was born in Vohburg on the Danube. He received musical training at Rohr Abbey, near Abensberg, Bavaria, and went to school in Ingo ...
. From 1819 onwards he was based in Stuttgart. Some of his early operas were Singspiele, but under the influence of Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, ...
his interest shifted to Romantic opera.
He died in Nonnenhorn
Nonnenhorn is one of the three Bavarian towns on Lake Constance in the Swabian district of Lindau. The air health resort and famous wine town is located between Wasserburg (Bodensee) and Kressbronn am Bodensee (Baden-Württemberg).
Geography
Non ...
, Bavaria, on Lake Constance.
Works
Operas
Bibliography
* R. Hänsler: ''Peter Lindpaintner als Opernkomponist'' (diss., Munich, 1928) * R. Nägele: ''Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner: sein Leben, sein Werk'' (Tutzing, 1993) * R. Nägele: ''Peter von Lindpaintner – Briefe'' (letters, 1809–1856) (Göttingen, 2001)References
* Clive Brown: "Lindpaintner, Peter Josef von", in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volu ...
'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992),
External links
* *List of works
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