Peter Lange-Müller

Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller ( born December 1, 1850 in Frederiksberg, † February 26, 1926 in Copenhagen ) was a composer of the late Romantic Danish.

Life

Lange-Müller was the son of a judge at the Danish Supreme Court. In 1871 he began studying music at the Conservatory of Copenhagen, on his father's request he also studied political science temporarily. Soon, however, he turned back to the music and devoted himself - in poor health - mainly the composition without a musical position to hold. At times he conducted co-founded by him Copenhagen Concert Society. In 1892 he married Ruth block; in marriage three children were born.

Work

As a composer, Lange-Müller was known by his first 4 hands created for the piano suite In the Alhambra, Op 3 (1876 ), which became one of the most played Danish orchestral works this time. He subsequently occurred mainly as a composer of about 250 songs and ballads on Danish, Norwegian, Russian and French texts. He also wrote incidental music ( including a lot of his time, played music to Once upon a time ( The var engang ) by Holger Drachmann of 1887, Op 25) and four operas. Among his works also find two symphonies ( No. 1 in D minor, Op 17 of 1879, No. 2 in D minor, Op 33 of 1889, revised 1915), a violin concerto and piano pieces. The majority of his extensive oeuvre was 77 opus numbers to 1900; then barely composed Lange-Müller.