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PETER WINTER (c. 1755-1825)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 734 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PETER See also:WINTER (c. 1755-1825)  , See also:German dramatic composer, as See also:born at See also:Mannheim about 1755 . He received some instruction from the See also:Abt See also:Vogler, but was practically self-taught . After playing in the Kapelle of the Elector Karl Theodor, at See also:Munich, he became in 1776 director of the See also:court See also:theatre . When See also:Mozart produced his Idomeneo at Munich in 1781, See also:Winter, annoyed at his success, conceived a violent hatred for him; yet of more than See also:thirty operas written by Winter between 1778 and 182o very few were unsuccessful . His most popular See also:work, Das unterbrochene Opferfest, was produced in 1796 at See also:Vienna, where in 1797–1798 he composed See also:Die Pyramiden von See also:Babylon and Das See also:Labyrinth, both written for him by Schickaneder in continuation of the See also:story of Mozart's Zauberflote . He returr.ad to Munich in 1798 . Five years later he visited See also:London, where he produced See also:Calypso in 1803, Proserpina in 1804, and Zaira in 18o5, with See also:great success . His last See also:opera, See also:Sanger and See also:Schneider, was produced in 182o at Munich, where he died on the 17th of See also:October 1825 . Besides his dramatic See also:works he composed some effective sacred See also:music, including twenty-six masses .

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