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Cornelius, Carl August Peter
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Biography showing him also as actor and violinist shows him following Liszt's lead, associating also with Brahms and Wagner, and note major compositions plus poems and essays. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=2153
Miscellaneous songs and song cycles from recmusic.org, most with German texts and many having English translations.
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Peter Cornelius (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music) Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Copyright Statement Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Composer: Peter...Biographical data and careful examination of the poem and music for "Komm, wir wandeln zusammen im Mondschein" are used to promote one of the composers overshadowed by Wagner.
http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/koopmajo/cornelius.html
Information on his contribution to the genre including biographical data, analysis of the music and textual variations, and CD availability.
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Stabat Mater Cornelius He as a man of many talents, composer, violinist, poet, actor and a linguistic genius, but filled with indecision and not able to devote himself to one profession. He was...