A. P. Berggreen

A. P. Berggreen
Short Name: A. P. Berggreen
Full Name: Berggreen, A. P. (Andreas Peter), 1801-1880
Birth Year: 1801
Death Year: 1880

Andreas Peter Berggreen, born in Copenhagen, March 2, 1801. Instrumental and vocal composer; took up music as a profession after having first been compelled to study law, became organist at Trinity Church, Copenhagen, in 1838, professor of vocal music at the Metropolitan School in 1843, and inspector of the same branch in all public institutions. Works: Collection of songs, with guitar (Copenhagen, 1822-1823); Romances (1823); Ballads and Romances (1824); Variations for guitar (1825); Wedding Cantata (1829); Billedet og bustan (The Portrait and the Bust), comic opera given at Copenhagen, 1832; Songs for the use of schools (1834-39); Popular songs and national and foreign melodies, for pianoforte (1842-47); Twelve Swedish songs (1846); National songs (1848); Songs to poems of Bellmann (1850); Six Swedish songs of Runeberg (1852); Several cantatas.

Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888)
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Wikipedia Biography

Andreas Peter Berggreen (March 2, 1801 – November 8, 1880) was a Danish composer, organist, and pedagogue. Berggreen was born and died in Copenhagen. As a child Peter began composing songs and melodies for the flute. He initially studied law before pursuing a career in music, studying under Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse. In addition to Weyse, Berggreen was also heavily influenced by the German musician Johann Abraham Peter Schulz.

Tunes by A. P. Berggreen (17)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[Ack, salig, ack salig den själen, som tror]Berggren (Composer)353231 35417 65654
ALDRIG ER JEG UDEN VAADEA. P. Berggreen (Composer)754334 66517 66111
BERGGREEN (53155)A. P. Berggreen, 1801-80 (Composer)253135 56455 1767
BERGGREEN (33225)A. P. Berggreen (Composer)433225 44322 17765
BERGGREEN (54332)Andreas Peter Berggren (Composer)454332 26654 43321
BERGGREEN (55712)A. P. Berggren (Composer)455712 34433 452
[Dost thou know the living fountain]A. P. Berggren (Composer)356711 22314 3232
[Ye lands, to the Lord make a jubilant noise]A. P. Berggren (Composer)255365 36567 13367
AMEN, JESUS HAN SKAL RAADEAndreas Peter Berggren (Composer)2853223 44317 62543
EVEN SONGA. P. Berggren (Composer)755112 43311 33665
EXPECTATION (Berggreen)Andreas P. Berggreen (Composer)554322 66544 33211
GRACE (Berggreen)A. P. Berggren (Composer)351174 66535 45621
HER VIL TIES, HER VIL BIES (Berggreen)A. P. Berggren (Composer)222213 33244 43213
[It was a cross, the cruel bed they made Him]A. P. Berggren (Composer)351354 32432 15671
SALVATOR (Berggreen)A. P. Berggren (Composer)253456 34565 34543
UNDERBAR EN STJÄRNA BLID A. P. Berggreen, 1801-1880 (Composer)331171 65671 432
VITA (Berggreen)A. P. Berggren (Composer)413351 12754 33455

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