Peter Raabe (27 November 1872 – 12 April 1945) was a German people composer and conductor.
Biography
Raabe graduated from 3 schools: the Higher Musical School in
Berlin; and 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 On 19 July 1935 Raabe superseded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.
Raabe wrote the first complete chronology of the works of Franz Liszt.
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Who Was Who in the Third Reich. Biographic encyclopedical dictionary, Moscow, 2003
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