Lichtenthal, Peter
Lichtenthal, Peter
Lichtenthal, Peter, Austrian composer and writer on music; b. Pressburg, May 10,1780; d. Milan, Aug. 18, 1853. He was a doctor by profession, and composed music as an avocation. He settled in Milan in 1810 as a government censor. Lichtenthal produced 3 operas and 7 ballets at La Scala. He also publ. a String Quartet, 2 piano trios, and piano pieces. His chief writings are Cenni biografici intorno al celebre maestro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1814), Dizionario e bibliografia della musica (4 vols., 1826), Estetica, ossia Dottrina del bello e delle belle arti (1831), and Mozart e le sue creazioni (1842).
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