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Wolfgang Fortner
German composer and conductor (1907-1987) · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Died at 79
Wolfgang Fortner was a German composer, academic composition teacher and conductor.
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1987Died5 September 19871977Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1972Reinhold Schneider PrizeAward1960Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgAward1948Berliner KunstpreisAward1907Born12 October 1907
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Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1987 · aged 79
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Aribert ReimannBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgAdriana HölszkyBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Johann Nepomuk DavidBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgPhilipp JarnachBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Jörg WidmannBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg