Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen
German composer
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| Intro | German composer | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Educator Musician Composer Conductor Musicologist Music educator | |
| Work field | Academia Music | |
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| Birth | 12 October 1882, Göttingen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| Death | 13 August 1954Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany (aged 71 years) |
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Biography
Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (Göttingen, 12 October 1882 – Munich, 14 June 1954) was a German composer, conductor, teacher and writer.
He was the son of the economist August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852–1938) and his wife Charlotte Freiin von Kapherr, a descendant of the historian Georg Friedrich Sartorius. He studied composition with Ludwig Thuille in Munich.
Works, editions and recordings
- Else Klapperzehen, Musikalische Komödie in 2 Acts (1907, Dresden 1909)
- Oberst Chabert - Music tragedy in 3 acts after the novel by Honoré de Balzac. Frankfurt 1910. Recording: Bo Skovhus, Raymond Very, Manuela Uhl, Simon Pauly, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Jacques Lacombe CPO 2010
- Richardis, Romantische Oper in 3 Acts (1914, Karlsruhe 1915)
- Die Rauhensteiner Hochzeit, Opera in 3 Acts (1918, Karlsruhe 1919)
- Die Gräfin von Tolosa, Opera in 2 Parts (composed 1932–36, radio concert Bayerischer Rundfunk München 1958)