Peter Josef von Lindpaintner by Joseph Kriehuber

Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German

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and conductor. Born in

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as the son of a

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, he studied with

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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

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. Some of his early operas were

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e, but under the influence of

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his interest shifted to Romantic opera. He died in

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, Bavaria, on

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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 ''

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'', ed.

Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was publ ...

(London, 1992),

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