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Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen

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Name
  
Hermann von

Died
  
1954, Munich, Germany

Role
  
Composer

Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (Gottingen, 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 Komodie in 2 Acts (1907, Dresden 1909)
  • Oberst Chabert - Music tragedy in 3 acts after the novel by Honore 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 Grafin von Tolosa, Opera in 2 Parts (composed 1932–36, radio concert Bayerischer Rundfunk Munchen 1958)

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