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Paul Höffer (21 December 1895 – 31 August 1949) was a German
composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...
. He was born in
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and died in Berlin. In 1936 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his ''Olympischer Schwur'' (''Olympic Vow''). His works also include a solo violin sonata (Op. 18, 1931).


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1895 births 1949 deaths 20th-century German classical composers Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin Olympic gold medalists in art competitions German male classical composers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German male musicians Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-composer-stub