Guido Peters
Guido Peters (born November 29, 1866 in Graz , † January 11, 1937 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer and pianist .
biography
From 1875 to 1882 Guido Peters studied piano with Wilhelm Schenner and Julius Epstein at the Conservatory , music theory with Franz Krenn , and with Anton Bruckner at the University of Vienna . He attended lectures at the University of Leipzig (1889-1891). From 1897 to 1901 he was a piano teacher at the Musikverein für Steiermark . From 1901 to 1903 he lived in Munich , from 1905 mainly in Vienna. Peters went on numerous concert tours, interpreting works by Johann Sebastian Bach in addition to the classical-romantic repertoire . In 1921 and 1926 two symphonic works by Peters were performed by the Vienna Philharmonic . In the 1930s, a “Guido Peters community”, a representative of classicism , formed in Vienna . He was buried in an honorary grave (30E-3-21) in the Vienna Central Cemetery.
family
Peters was the son of Carl Ferdinand Peters (1825–1881) and Leopoldine Blumfeld (1839–1892). One of his half-brothers was the painter Otto Seraphim Peters .
His great-great aunt Josephine b. Hochsinger was an amateur singer and poet and through her husband, Hofrat Karl Peters, came into the circle of Prince Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz and was in contact with Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert .
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Guido Peters. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
- W. Suppan: Peters, Guido. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 444.
- Ulrike Hubmann, Bernhard Hubmann: Guido Peters (1866–1937), an almost forgotten Styrian composer. In: Mitt. Steir. Tonkünstlerbund, 98/3, 3-8, u. 98/4, 2-20, Graz 1998.
Web links
- Guido Peters in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernhard Hubmann: Carl Ferdinand Peters (1825-1881). Contribution to his biography. PDF , reports of the Federal Geological Institute, ISSN 1017-8880, Volume 53, Vienna 2001.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peters, Guido |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1937 |
| Place of death | Vienna |