About Georg Reiss
Lived 1861 – 1914 (aged 52). Georg Reiss was a Norwegian composer, musicologist and jurist.
Georg Michael Dødelein Reiss (August 12, 1861 – January 25, 1914) was a Norwegian lawyer, composer, and musicologist. In 1913 he became the first Norwegian to receive a doctorate on a music theory subject.
Career Reiss was trained as a lawyer; he received his candidate of law degree in 1886, and he started working as a secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs in 1899.
Works 1900: Drei Lieder in altern Stile für gemischten Chor a capella: Op. 3. Christiania: Haakon Zapffe. 1908: Det norske rigsarkivs middelalderlige musikhaandskrifter: en oversigt. Christiania: Dybwad. 1912: Musiken ved den middelalderlige Olavsdyrkelse i Norden. Kristiania: I kommission hos J. Dybwad. (Dissertation)
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Who was Georg Reiss?
Norwegian composer and musicologist (1861-1914)
When was Georg Reiss born?
Georg Reiss was born on 12 August 1861.
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Georg Reiss died on 25 January 1914.
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Georg Reiss was a composer, musicologist and jurist.
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Georg Reiss was Norwegian.
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