!!!Singer, Peter Josef Anton Singer, Peter (Josef Anton), b. Unterhaeselgehr (Tirol), July 18, 1810 d. Salzburg, Jan. 25, 1882, composer, organist and music theorist. Franciscan monk, from 1840 lived in the Salzburg Franciscan monastery; his contemporaries considered him one of the most famous musicians of the town. 1845 invented the ´Pansymphonikon´, a mechanical harmonium-piano with 2 pedals and 48 stops, the sound of which was similar to that of an orchestra (exhibited in the P.-S.-Museum in the Salzburg Franciscan monastery). %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Singer,_Peter_Josef_Anton|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]