Paul Sacher

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Ernst_von_Siemens_Music_Prize
gptkb:Pour_le_Mérite_for_Sciences_and_Arts
gptkb:Léonie_Sonning_Music_Prize
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
gptkbp:burialPlace Basel
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1906-04-28
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1999-05-26
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:University_of_Basel
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Basel_Chamber_Choir
gptkb:Basel_Chamber_Orchestra
gptkb:Sacher_Foundation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paul Sacher
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Swiss_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality Swiss
gptkbp:netWorth one of the world's richest men (at time of death)
gptkbp:notableWork commissioned works by Michael Tippett
commissioned Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
commissioned Stravinsky's Concerto in D
commissioned works by Arthur Honegger
commissioned works by Bohuslav Martinů
commissioned works by Elliott Carter
commissioned works by Frank Martin
commissioned works by Hans Werner Henze
commissioned works by Harrison Birtwistle
commissioned works by Heinz Holliger
commissioned works by Henri Dutilleux
commissioned works by Luciano Berio
commissioned works by Paul Hindemith
commissioned works by Pierre Boulez
commissioned works by Richard Strauss
commissioned works by Witold Lutosławski
commissioned works by Wolfgang Rihm
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:conductor
musicologist
patron of the arts
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Anna_Sacher
gptkb:Paul_Sacher_Sr.
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Basel
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Basel
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maja_Hoffmann-Stehlin
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gptkb:Lucerne_Festival
gptkb:Bartók_Music_for_Strings,_Percussion_and_Celesta
gptkb:Dance_Suite_after_Couperin
gptkb:Metamorphosen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5