Gustav Peter

Gustav Peter (1833 – 1919, both uncertain) was a composer of popular music.

There is little known about the life of Gustav Peter. He is supposed to be Hungarian, but this is still unsure. Sometimes his name is also given as Gustav Heinrich Peter or Heinrich Gustav Peter.

Gustav Peter is the composer of the widely popular piece of music Memory of Circus Renz that was published in 1894 with the original title Souvenir de Cirque Renz. Its musical form is a Galop and primarily it was written for xylophone, but later adapted to various kinds of instruments. It is one of the best-known examples of circus music.