Peter Greenland

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Peter Grönland , Danish: Peter Grønland , (born October 15, 1761 in Wilster , † December 20, 1825 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish lawyer , music critic , folk song collector and composer .

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Peter Grönland was the son of the timber merchant and master carpenter Johann Grönland and Catharina Marg., Née Spanjer. He had a brother named Johann Friedrich (1777-1834).

Greenland studied law at the University of Kiel from 1782 to 1785 and then moved to Copenhagen, where he worked for the German law firm . From 1794 to 1810 he worked as an economic administrator for the Royal Porcelain Factory . Appointed to the Council of Justice from 1801, from 1803 he was a co-director of the treasury administration.

Greenland became important in the field of music. He worked together with Carl Friedrich Cramer , Johann Abraham Peter Schulz and Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen and taught Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse himself . In the field of Danish music he was considered to be influential for the emergence of the “Romance-og Sange” tradition and supported the spread of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Handel . As a music critic and scientist, he wrote for leading German and Danish magazines. As a composer he created many songs, more than 50 of which were based on texts by Goethe . In addition, he dealt with the collection and harmonies of Scandinavian folk songs and thus gained lasting importance.

Greenland collected a significant amount of music, which later became part of the Weyse Collection of the Danish Royal Library . His manuscripts and correspondence were taken up by the Royal Library of Stockholm in addition to the Danish Royal Library .

From 1793 Greenland lived in childless marriage with Anna Johanne Styffgen (1763-1845).

literature

  • Gerhard Hahne: Greenland, Peter . In: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 1. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, p. 151

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Greenland . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 6 : Gerson-H. Hansen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1892, p. 268 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Greenland, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grønland, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lawyer, music critic, folk song collector and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilster
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1825
Place of death Copenhagen