Wolfgang Fortner

German composer and conductor (1907–1987)

opera

classical music

composer

conductor

university teacher

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Identity & names

Given name: first name or another given name of this person; values used with the property should not link disambiguations nor family names; Wolfgang
Family name: part of full name of person; Fortner

Life & background

Date of birth: date on which the subject was born; October 12, 1907
Date of death: date on which the subject died; September 5, 1987
Country of citizenship: the object is a country that recognizes the subject as its citizen; Germany
Place of birth: most specific known birth location of a person, animal or fictional character; Leipzig
Place of death: most specific known (e.g. city instead of country, or hospital instead of city) death location of a person, animal or fictional character; Heidelberg

Awards & recognition

Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Reinhold Schneider Prize
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Berliner Kunstpreis
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University

Website & social

Discogs artist ID: identifier for a band or person in the Discogs database; Discogs
MusicBrainz artist ID: identifier for an artist in the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia; MusicBrainz
AllMusic artist ID: identifier for an artist, musical group, or record label in the AllMusic database (record labels are listed as "artists"); AllMusic
described at URL: item is described at the following URL; http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?id=455043862
described at URL: item is described at the following URL; http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?id=957824344
described at URL: item is described at the following URL; http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?id=407171995

Other details

ADK member ID: Akademie der Künste in Berlin member ID; 52527
BBC Things ID: identifier in the BBC Things database, automatically enriched with Wikipedia and MusicBrainz content; e2c83965-91a7-43d7-bbb5-a5362d210b70
BMLO ID: identifier of Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online; f0441
BRAHMS artist ID: identifier for a composer in the B.R.A.H.M.S. database, by the IRCAM; wolfgang-fortner
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Brockhaus Enzyklopädie; fortner-wolfgang
Carnegie Hall agent ID: identifier for a person or ensemble in the Carnegie Hall Linked Open Data (LOD); 1012392
Classical Archives composer ID: identifier for a composer on the Classical Archives website; 18266
Commons category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:"); Wolfgang Fortner
CONOR.SI ID: identifier in the National and University Library, Ljubljana database; 99736163
DDB person (GND) ID: identifier for a person in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB); identifier same as the person's GND ID; 118692283
De Agostini ID: identifier for a subject on the Enciclopedia De Agostini online; Fortner,+Wolfgang
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: GND identifier for an item in the Deutsche Biographie; 118692283
Dezède person ID: identifier for an individual in the Dezède database of music; 30660
documentation files at: institution that holds documentation files about the subject; SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
educated at: educational institution attended by subject; University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
educated at: educational institution attended by subject; Leipzig University
employer: person or organization for which the subject works or worked; Hochschule für Musik Detmold
employer: person or organization for which the subject works or worked; Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Britannica; biography/Wolfgang-Fortner
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Universalis; wolfgang-fortner
Europeana entity: identifier for persons, places and topics at Europeana; agent/base/7468
FactGrid item ID: identifier for an item in FactGrid; FactGrid item ID — Wikidata
FAST ID: authority control identifier in WorldCat's “FAST Linked Data” authority file; 46126
FID performing arts ID: Specialised Information Service Performing Arts; agent/gnd_118692283
Filmportal ID: identifier of the German Filmportal.de; 9105390c75f043c3b3d35420f264eeef
Geni.com profile ID: profile on the Geni.com genealogy website; 6000000035501352088
GND ID: identifier from an international authority file of names, subjects, and organizations; 118692283
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: identifier for an item in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana; wolfgang-fortner
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): identifier for an item in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Replaced with "Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (P12385)".; 0027821
Grove Music Online ID: identifier of a topic in Grove Music Online; 10022
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: identifier for an article in the Croatian Encyclopedia (Hrvatska enciklopedija); 20198
IxTheo authority ID: identifier for a person or an organization in the Index Theologicus (IxTheo); 134576314
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: identifier for a person record in JudaicaLink, a Knowledge Graph for Jewish Studies; 118692283
Kallías ID: identifier in Kallías, the catalog of the German Literature Archive Marbach (DLA Marbach); PE00047845
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: identifier for an entity in the Kalliope-Verbund database; 118692283
KANTO ID: identifier for a person or an organization in the database KANTO curated by the National Library of Finland; 000207276
KBR person ID: identifier for a person in the online public catalogue of the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR); 14071529
Komponisten der Gegenwart ID: identifier on the Munzinger Archiv; 17000000170
languages spoken, written or signed: language(s) that a person or a people speaks, writes or signs, including the native language(s); German
LdiF person ID: identifier for a person in the Lexicon of international films (Online Database); 53992
Lex ID: identifier of an article in the online encyclopedia.lex.dk; Wolfgang_Fortner
Libris-URI: identifier for an item in the catalogue of the Swedish National Library; mkz2665511lr4rx
LiederNet composer ID: composer identifier used by the LiederNet Archive; 4074
member of: organization, club or musical group to which the subject belongs. Do not use for membership in ethnic or social groups, nor for holding a political position, such as a member of parliament (use P39 for that); Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
member of political party: the political party of which a person is or has been a member or otherwise affiliated; Nazi Party
Munzinger person ID: identifier on the Munzinger Archiv; 00000001730
Musicalics composer ID: identifier for a composer in the Musicalics database; 79619
Muziekweb performer ID: identifier for a performer, composer or band at Muziekweb; M00000237378
name in native language: name of a person in their native language; Wolfgang Fortner
National Library of Israel ID (old): former identifier for authority control used at the National Library of Israel. Replaced with "National Library of Israel J9U ID" (P8189); 002079931
National Library of Latvia ID: identifier assigned by the National Library of Latvia; 000045171
NE.se ID: ID of article on the Swedish Nationalencyklopedin (NE.se) site; wolfgang-fortner
NLA Trove people ID: identifier for people or organizations per National Library of Australia (see also P409 for the older Libraries Australia identifier). Format: 5 to 7 digits.; 923180
NSDAP membership number (1925–1945): membership number in the Nazi Party; 7818245
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: identifier for an entry in the online release of the Online PWN Encyclopedia; 3902085
Open Library ID: identifier for a work ("W"), edition ("M") or author ("A") for book data of the Internet Archive; OL4689578A
Oxford Reference overview ID: identifier for an overview page for a topic in the Oxford Reference; 20110803095829936
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: identifier for a topic in Proleksis enciklopedija; 21863
RISM ID: identifier for a person, institution, or source in the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales database; format: "people/", "institutions/" or "sources/", followed by a number; people/30074801
SAPA ID: identifier used by the SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts; a/5372c28d-b363-4535-bd6c-53cb57971bcd
SELIBR ID: identifier per National Library of Sweden Libris library catalog; 297905
sex or gender: sex or gender identity of human or animal. For human: male, female, non-binary, intersex, transgender female, transgender male, agender, etc. For animal: male organism, female organism. Groups of same gender use subclass of (P279); male
SNAC ARK ID: identifier for items in the Social Networks and Archival Context system; w6s46tb1
Store norske leksikon (Great Norwegian Encyclopedia) ID: identifier of an article in the online encyclopedia snl.no; Wolfgang_Fortner
student of: person who has taught this person; Karl Straube
student of: person who has taught this person; Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch
student of: person who has taught this person; Theodor Kroyer
student of: person who has taught this person; Hermann A. Korff
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: identifier for an entry in online sixth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Music; 3500
Treccani ID: identifier for the Italian Treccani website and encyclopedia; wolfgang-fortner
WorldCat Entities ID: identifier for a person, work, place, historical period, or event from the WorldCat Entities linked data service; E39PBJvRYQPm98PTwkwJgPj3cP
‎Yale LUX ID: identifier for an entity in Yale's LUX cross collection knowledge graph; person/b43e11a9-0653-44f9-8195-b948ecb451fc

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