Stefan Wolpe
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- Stefan Wolpe I
- Das Gesetz harmonischer oder dis-harmonischer Entsprechungen
- Suite im Hexachord
- March and variations for two pianos
- 1. Sonate für Klavier op. 1 (1925) ; Sechs Märsche op. 10 (1928-1934)
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Stefan Wolpe (August 25, 1902 – April 4, 1972) was a German-born composer. Wolpe was born in Berlin. He attended the Berlin Conservatory from the age of fourteen, attended the Berlin Hochschule für Musik 1920-1921. He studied composition under Franz Schreker and was also a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni. He also studied at the Bauhaus and met some of the dadaists, setting Kurt Schwitters' poem Anna Blume to music. The music Wolpe was writing between 1929 and 1933 was atonal, using Arnold Schoenberg
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stefan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory
- Employer
- Long Island University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- opera
- Image
- Stefan Wolpe.jpg
- Residence
- Westbeth Artists Community
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- date of birth
- 1902-08-25
- date of death
- 1972-04-04
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Commons category
- Stefan Wolpe
- P12674
- (5985) 1942 RJ
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