Peter Sutermeister (May 28, 1916 – January 3, 2003) was a Swiss lawyer, writer and opera librettist.

Sutermeister got his Ph.D at University of Bern. He wrote the texts for Heinrich Sutermeister's (his brother) operas Niobe and Raskolnikoff,[1][2] as well as biographies of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann. From 1953 to 1966 he was the Secretary–General of the Swiss National Science Foundation.[3]

Translation

  • John L. McHale. Athos: miraculous icons: introduction: Peter Sutermeister. Hallwag, 1968

References

  1. ↑ "Schott Music - Raskolnikoff". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  2. ↑ Musik: Raskolnikoff geteilt durch zwei: Mit viel Schlagzeug. Archived 2017-04-26 at the Wayback Machine In: Der Spiegel. Nr. 19, May 7, 1949.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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