Peter Rasmussen (7)

Danish composer (1838-1913), originally a regimental band musician but later he was instructed in organ playing and music theory by Johan Christian Gebauer, and from 1883 to his death he worked as an organist in Garnisons Kirke (the garnison church). Concurrently he was a disquished theory instrutor at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (The Royal Danish Academy of Music). Peter Rasmussen composed a number of organ works, short pieces for horn and clarinet and other chamber music.