Historical FigureMale
Hugo Wolf
1860 – 1903
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryHugo Philipp Jacob Wolf was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but diverging greatly in technique.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 13, 1860
Slovenj Gradec
Date of death
February 22, 1903
Vienna
Citizenship
Austria–Hungary · Austrian Empire
Occupations & fields
composermusic criticmusicologist
Notable works
Italienisches Liederbuch
- Field and occupation
- rakouský hudební skladatel
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