Peter Heise
Peter Arnold Heise (born February 11, 1830 in Copenhagen , † August 12, 1879 in Tarbaek (now part of Copenhagen)) was a Danish composer .
Heise studied with Moritz Hauptmann in Leipzig in 1852/53 . After his return he was a music teacher in Copenhagen and from 1858 he worked as a music teacher and organist at Det kgl. Studenterakademi in Sorø (Central Zealand). Four longer study trips took him to Italy between 1861 and 1879. From 1865 he worked in Copenhagen.
Heise wrote over 300 songs and sets of songs as well as the tragic opera "König und Marschall" ( Drot og Marsk ) (1878). Heise is considered Denmark's most important song composer of the 19th century; his chamber music was forgotten and mostly remained unpublished.
Peter Heise was 49 years old and is buried on Holmens Kirkegård in Copenhagen.
Web links
- Peter Heiser piano quintet, cello sonata and fantasy pieces
- Literature by and about Peter Heise in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Music in past and present, dtv Munich 1989, ISBN 3-423-05913-3 , vol. 6, p. 90
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Peter Heise
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heise, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heise, Peter Arnold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1879 |
| Place of death | Tarbaek (now part of Copenhagen ) |