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Peter Ludwig Hertel

German composer (1817-1899).

Born April 21st, 1817 in Berlin.

Died June 13th, 1899 at 82 years old in Berlin.

Occupations
ballet master, choir director, composer, conductor, musician, violinist

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde