Felix Woyrsch

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Felix Woyrsch (8 October 1860, Opava – 20 March 1944) was a German composer and choir director.

Woyrsch lived in Dresden and Hamburg while young, studying in the latter under Ernst August Heinrich Chevallier. He held posts as a conductor and organist in several German cities in the 1890s and 1900s. In 1917 he was elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts, and in 1936 he was given the Goethe Medal.^[1] He retired in 1937. His main influences included his friend Brahms as well as Bach, Palestrina, Lassus, and Heinrich Schütz.

His compositions include seven symphonies, five further works for orchestra, three operas, 100 songs, and a violin concerto.^[2]

Selected works

Operas

Der Pfarrer von Meudon (The Priest of Meudon) 1886
Wikingerfahrt (Journey of the Vikings) 1896

Symphonies

1st symphony in C minor, op. 52. 1908

Web sources

↑ Helmut Wirth, "Felix Woyrsch". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians online.
↑ Pfohl-Woyrsch-Society e.V.

External links

Free scores by Felix Woyrsch at the International Music Score Library Project

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 51956310 LCCN: n82017523 ISNI: 0000 0001 0971 4470 GND: 118941054

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Name	Woyrsch, Felix
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Short description	German composer
Date of birth	8 October 1860
Place of birth
Date of death	20 March 1944
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