Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller

Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller was a Danish composer and pianist. His compositional style was influenced by Danish folk music and by the work of Robert Schumann; Johannes Brahms; and his Danish countrymen, including J.P.E. Hartmann.

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Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller, a Danish composer, received his training at the Copenhagen Conservatory and was a recipient of the Ancker Scholarship in 1879, a governmental stipend annually awarded in Denmark to promising musicians, according to The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1924). From 1877 to 1882, he held minor posts leading local societies, but largely devoted himself to composition, often imbuing his works with a distinct national flavor. His extensive output includes four operas—Tove (1878), Spanish Students (1883), Frau Jeanna (1891), and Vikingeblod (1900)—along with incidental music for about a dozen plays, notably Drachmann’s Es war einmal. Lange-Müller also composed two symphonies, orchestral suites such as Alhambra and Weyerburg, a violin concerto, and a piano trio. He was particularly prolific in vocal music, writing many cantatas, a cappella choruses, and approximately 200 songs, many of which, The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1924) notes, “have acquired almost the hold of folk-songs.”