Peter Feit

Peter Feit (also Feith or Veit, born July 13, 1883 in Phra Nakhon, † December 25, 1968 in Bangkok ) was a German -born composer - and creator of the music to the Thai national anthem Phleng chat, which is played since 1932.

Feit was the son of German immigrants Jacob Feit from Trier and a Thai mother. The father had been a music teacher at the court. Peter Feit received an education at Assumption College in Bangkok, studied piano and stringed instruments. From 1917 he was employed at the Fine Arts Department. Feit founded the first orchestra in Thailand. He was appointed in music questions of King Chulalongkorn ( Rama V ) to the consultant. This gave him the honorary title of feudal Phra Chen Duryang ( พระ เจน ดุริยางค์ - literally, " an expert on musical instruments "). He sat as the first Thai music into notes and so preserved valuable songs from oblivion. In 1939 he took during the Thaiisierungskampagne the government, the Thai name Piti Wathayakon ( Thai: ปิติ วาท ยะ กร ) to. Between 1940 and 1950 he was a professor at Silpakorn University in Bangkok.

Peter Feit died on December 25, 1968 in Bangkok.

• Music ( Thailand)
• Composer
• German
• Thai
• German - Thai relations
• Born in 1883
• Died in 1968
• Man