Peter Raabe

Peter Raabe
File:Peter Raabe (1872-1945).jpg
Background information
Born	27 November 1872 Frankfurt (Oder), German Empire
Died	12 April 1945(1945-04-12) (aged 72) Weimar, Germany
Genres	Classical

Peter Raabe (27 November 1872 – 12 April 1945) was a German composer and conductor.

Biography

Raabe graduated from three schools: the Higher Musical School in Berlin, the universities of Munich, and Jena University. In 1894–98 Raabe worked in Königsberg and Zwickau. In 1899–1903 he worked in the Dutch Opera-House (Amsterdam). In 1907–1920, Raabe was the 1st Court Conductor in Weimar. Raabe performed in the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Netherlands, among other locations. On 19 July 1935 Raabe superseded Richard Strauss as the president of Reichsmusikkammer, the Nazi State Music Institute. For almost ten years, Raabe directed the music activity of the Third Reich.

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Reichsmusikkammer decree issued on 9 August 1935 by Dr. Peter Raabe, notifying the Berlin musician Dr. Werner Liebenthal of the immediate cessation of his professional activity.

Raabe wrote the first complete chronology of the works of Franz Liszt.

General references

• Who Was Who in the Third Reich. Biographic encyclopedical dictionary, Moscow, 2003 (in Russian)

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Peter Raabe in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW