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Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann

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Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann

Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (14 May 1805 – 10 March 1900) was, together with his son-in-law Niels W. Gade, the leading Danish composer of the 19th century, a period known as the Danish Golden Age.[1] According to Alfred Einstein, he was "the real founder of the Romantic movement in Denmark and even in all Scandinavia".[2] J.P.E. Hartmann was the third generation of composers in the Danish musical Hartmann family.

  1. ^ "Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius, 1805-1900". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Einstein, Alfred (1947). Music in the Romantic Era. New York US: W.W. Norton & Cy. pp. 317–318. ISBN 0-393-09733-1.

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