Peter Ludwig Hertel (21 April 1817 – 13 June 1899) was a German composer of

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and

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. He is best known as the composer of the ballet ''

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''. He also composed the music for the Faust ballet ''Satanella oder Metamorphosen'', and "Die Abenteuer von Flick und Flock" (The Adventure of Flick and Flock), both choreographed by Paul Taglioni. Hertel was born in Berlin. He studied violin and composition under the renowned musicians of his era, Eduard Rietz,

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, Adolf Marx. From 1858 until his death he worked as a chapelmaster and composer at the

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. In 1860 he worked as a visiting conductor at London’s Covent Garden.

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1817 births 1899 deaths 19th-century German composers {{Germany-music-bio-stub