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Felix Woyrsch

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German composer

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Within Vinony's link graph, Felix Woyrsch is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Johann Sebastian Bach, Martin Luther and Dresden.

It is catalogued under topics including 1860 births, 1944 deaths and 19th-century German classical composers.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Born
1860
Died
1944
Works
5

Top works

  • Totentanz
  • Wikingerfahrt
  • Der Pfarrer von Meudon
  • Der Weiberkrieg

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Listeners
466
Total plays
1,542

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Felix Woyrsch (8 October 1860, Opava – 20 March 1944, Altona) was a German composer and choir director. Woyrsch was born in Troppau, just over the Prussian border in Austrian Silesia (now Opava in the Czech Republic). He was raised in Dresden and later Altona, a suburb of Hamburg, in a lower middle class family of limited means. Largely self-taught in music, he did study for some time with Ernst August Heinrich Chevallier. He became director of the "Altonaer Liedertafel" in 1887 and director of

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Felix
Gender
male
Citizenship
Nazi Germany
Place of birth
Opava
Place of death
Hamburg
Occupation
choir director
Languages spoken
German
Instrument
organ
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date of birth
1860-10-08
date of death
1944-03-20
Commons category
Felix Woyrsch
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