Winter, Peter von

Winter, Peter von (1754, Mannheim; 17 October 1825, Munich), composer, gave up his classical studies as a boy to devote his entire attention to music, and he played the violin in the orchestra of Elector Karl Theodor at age 11. He also became a student of the abbé Vogler, who taught him harmony and counterpoint. In 1776 he was named director of the orchestra at the Court theatre, with which he moved to Munich with the entire Court in 1778. Here in Bavaria he wrote Armida, Cora e Alonzo, and…