December 19

© 1997, 1998 by Paul A. Schons

December 19, 1894

Birth of Paul Dessau in Hamburg, Germany. Dessau was a composer and conductor. He gained his greatest fame through his collaborations with the writer, Bertold Brecht. He wrote the music for Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1946), and Die Verurteilung des Lukullus (1949).