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Peter Cornelius was a composer, poet, writer and university teacher born on 24 December 1824 in Mainz and died there on 26 October 1874. He studied under Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn, worked in the genre of opera, and was employed by the University of Music and Theatre Munich.
His sibling was Carl Adolf Cornelius, and his archives are held at the Municipal Scientific Library Mainz and the Berlin State Library. Cornelius wrote and spoke German, and produced 32 known works, including Literarische Werke and The Barber of Bagdad.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1824
- Died
- 1874
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Literarische Werke
- Briefe von Peter Cornelius an das Ehepaar von Milde
- Aufsätze über Musik und Kunst
- The barber of Bagdad
- Gedichte
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1824
- Active to
- 1874
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49,704
- Total plays
- 372,842
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This tag can refer to two different artists: 1. Peter Cornelius (born January 29, 1951 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian pop-singer, guitarist and a former member of Enigma. Offical homepage: http://www.petercornelius.com/ 2. Peter Cornelius, also known as Carl August Peter Cornelius, (24 December 1824 – 26 October 1874) was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator. He was born and died in Mainz where his grave in the Hauptfriedhof survives. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1824-12-24 ) 24 December 1824, Mainz , Grand Duchy of Hesse , German Confederation
- Died
- 26 October 1874 (1874-10-26) (aged 49), Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
- Occupations
- Composer poet translator
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Place of birth
- Mainz
- Place of death
- Mainz
- Occupation
- translator
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn
- Genre
- opera
- Image
- Peter Cornelius.png
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- Commons category
- Peter Cornelius (composer)
- date of birth
- 1824-12-24
- date of death
- 1874-10-26
- name in native language
- Carl August Peter Cornelius
- Commons gallery
- Peter Cornelius (composer)
- P8168
- Félix Gouin
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Peter Cornelius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
O woody picture: duet from “Der Barbier von Baghdad”/Peter Cornelius
Verratene Liebe/(Peter Cornelius)
Come, we walk together/(P. Cornelius)
![Come on we walk [together]/[Musik: Peter Cornelius]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F026472%2Ffon_snp_a_026472_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Come on we walk [together]/[Musik: Peter Cornelius]
The Barber of Baghdad: duet between Margiana and Nurroddin; “O holdes Bild in EngelsDer”/(Peter Cornelius)
To eternal light! / Peter Cornelius. (August Rücker)
Salam Aleikum: “The Barber of Baghdad”/Cornelius
![Love sample: duet; [Let the young man; op. 6 No. 1]/(Peter Cornelius). [Text: Friedrich Hebbel]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F013296%2Ffon_snp_a_013296_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Love sample: duet; [Let the young man; op. 6 No. 1]/(Peter Cornelius). [Text: Friedrich Hebbel]
O come 'in the dream/text of P. Cornelius, music by Franz Liszt
Graal 's Fortaelling af “Lohengrin”
“The Barber of Baghdad”: So swarming youth/(Cornelius)
“The Barber of Baghdad”: My son, be Allah’s peace; performance song of Abul/(Cornelius)
![Simeon/[Musik: Peter] Cornelius](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F003341%2Ffon_snp_a_003341_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Simeon/[Musik: Peter] Cornelius
Salem Aleikum, closing song of Abdul Hassan: from “Der Barbier von Baghdad”/by Peter Cornelius
O come in the dream/music: Fr. Liszt; text: Cornelius
Christmas tree/by Cornelius
“Sødt gennem haven bølger blomsterdufte”: af “Lohengrin,” III nude/(Wagner)
Christmas carols cycle op. 8: Simeon; Christ the Child’s friend; Christkind/Peter Cornelius
![The Holy Three Kings/[Music: Peter] Cornelius](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F003341%2Ffon_snp_a_003341_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
The Holy Three Kings/[Music: Peter] Cornelius
Christmas tree/Cornelius
Come, we walk together/(Peter Cornelius)
Christ, the childhood friend/of Cornelius
The Kings/Cornelius
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Encyclopedic overview
Carl August Peter Cornelius (24 December 1824 – 26 October 1874) was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Cornelius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.