Andreas Peter Berggreen (March 2, 1801 – November 8, 1880) was a Danish composer, organist, and pedagogue. Berggreen was born and died in

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. 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

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. Berggreen was the organist at

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in Copenhagen from 1838 and taught singing at

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from 1843. In 1859 he was appointed a song inspector by the Danish government. Apart from several pieces of

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, a

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, solo piano works, and songs, he published the folk song collections ''Melodier til Salmebog'' (1853) and ''Folk Sange og Melodier'' (1842–71). The latter comprises eleven large volumes, and includes

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s in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German, English, French and Italian. Volume 8 (1868) features Slavic folk music in four sections: Russian; Polish; Bohemian and Moravian; and Sorbian.

Musical compositions

*Songs with Accompaniment of Guitar (1823) *Cantata for Rege's Tohundredaarsfest (1823) *Cantata for Prince Ferdinand and Princess Caroline Formælingsfest (1829) *The picture and bust (opera in 1832) *Socrates (1835 play) *Tordenskiold (1832 play) *Queen Margrethe (1833 play) *"Songs for school" *Several church compositions *romances and songs *hymns

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berggreen, Andreas Peter 1801 births 1880 deaths 19th-century Danish classical composers 19th-century Danish male musicians Danish classical organists Danish male classical composers Danish Romantic composers Danish male classical organists 19th-century Danish organists