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Walter Zimmermann

German composer (born 1949)
Person human Q76209

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
April 15, 1949
Place of birth
Schwabach
Country of citizenship
Germany[7]
Occupation
composer, university teacher, writer, author
Employer
Berlin University of the Arts[8]
Award received
Schneider-Schott Music Prize, Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[15]
Family name
Zimmermann[13]
Given name
Walter[14]
Member of
Academy of Arts of the GDR, Academy of Arts, Berlin[10][11]
Name in native language
Walter Zimmermann[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Walter Zimmermann ar والتر زيمرمان he וולטר צימרמן ja ヴァルター・ツィマーマン ja ヴァルター・ツィンマーマン ru Уолтер Циммерман zh 沃爾特齊默爾曼
🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
0000000110675616
VIAF cluster ID
64083906
Library of Congress authority ID
n85807972
GND ID
124671098
ADK member ID
55025
BIBSYS ID
90761991
BMLO ID
z0320
BRAHMS artist ID
walter-zimmermann
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12363751r
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
zimmermann-walter
CANTIC ID
981061032047806706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10094868
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Carnegie Hall agent ID
1006076
CiNii Research ID
1140282266808861184
DDB person (GND) ID
124671098
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124671098
Discogs artist ID
651199
Europeana entity
agent/base/155320
FAST ID
153258
Freebase ID
/m/06pc03
Grove Music Online ID
42986
IDU person ID
22993
IdRef ID
07552144X
JRC Names ID
100625
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
124671098
Kallías ID
PE00115907
Komponisten der Gegenwart ID
17000000661
Living Music Database composer ID
walter_zimmermann
Munzinger person ID
00000010548
MusicBrainz artist ID
40ff077d-67de-4ec4-867e-4fb649d541ae
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
315429
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000254833
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0855145X
NL CR AUT ID
xx0150618
NLP ID
a0000002383839
NSK (VIAF) ID
000603868
NSK ID
981005716762309366
NUKAT ID
n2004035803
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007285104405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810701914705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068308280
Open Library ID
OL1160213A
Open Plaques subject ID
12045
Parsifal cluster ID
941145
Polish Music Library PBM ID
zimmermann-walter
Prabook ID
1780435
RERO ID (legacy)
A012374217
RILM ID
18855
RISM ID
people/51017418
SHARE Catalogue author ID
60879
SNAC ARK ID
w62z8wtn
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
10365
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
402411, 402412
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/338649
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpdWdjqk449jQmYPvD8YP
Yale LUX ID
person/2ca73d6b-75c2-45c5-8113-c992f161826e

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
writer, composer, university teacher
Member of 2
Academy of Arts, Berlin, Academy of Arts of the GDR
← Mb:teacher 2
Mauricio Kagel, Werner Heider
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Employer 1
Berlin University of the Arts
Family name 1
Zimmermann
Given name 1
Walter
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Mb:teacher 1
Marc Sabat
Place of birth 1
Schwabach
Sex or gender 1
male
← SNARC ID 1
West Branch
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Summary

Walter Zimmermann's place of birth was Schwabach[1]. He was born on April 15, 1949[2]. He worked as a composer[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], and author[6].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[17]

  • Country: DE[18]

  • Began / founded: 1949-04-15[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 40ff077d-67de-4ec4-867e-4fb649d541ae[20]

FAQs

Where was Walter Zimmermann born?

Born in Schwabach[1].

What did Walter Zimmermann do for work?

Walter Zimmermann worked as composer[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], and author[6].

What awards did Walter Zimmermann receive?

Honors received include Schneider-Schott Music Prize[9].

Related Entities

Germany Mauricio Kagel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . B.R.A.H.M.S.. Retrieved . villamassimo.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . kulturpreise.de. Retrieved . kulturpreise.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID → 402411, 402412
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 402412, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/326464925|Walter Zimmermann (#326464925)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catal"
  2. 4w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID → 402411, 402412
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'ja', 'pl']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 402411, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/326464924|Walter Zimmermann (#326464924)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catal"
  3. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Polish Music Library PBM ID → zimmermann-walter
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Polish Music Library PBM ID: zimmermann-walter, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259979|batch #259979]]"
  4. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 941145
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Parsifal cluster ID: 941145, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259862|batch #259862]]"
  5. 21w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL1160213A
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35514|batch #35514]]: add P1810 to P8034"
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