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Paul Dessau

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Year of Birth:1894
Year of death:1979

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

in 1974
Paul Dessau (19 December 189428 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and composed incidental music for his plays, and several operas based on them.
Dessau was born in Hamburg into a musical family. His grandfather, Moses Berend Dessau (1821–1881), was a cantor in the Hamburg synagogue. His uncle, , was Konzertmeister at the Staatskapelle Berlin; his cousin, Max Winterfeld, became known under the name Jean... more

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