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Peter Kowald

German free jazz double bassist and tubist (1944–2002)
Person human Q521147

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
April 21, 1944
Date of death
September 21, 2002
Place of birth
Masserberg
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
Germany[9]
Occupation
jazz musician, composer, musician, bandleader
Genre
jazz[11]
Official website
www.kowald-ort.com[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[17]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[19]
Family name
Kowald[13]
Given name
Peter[14]
Has works in the collection
Groninger Museum[18]
Instrument
double bass[16]
P14750
1261-11FF-A1E7-B3F2-0471[20]
Record label
CIMP[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peter Kowald he פיטר קובאלד hu Peter Kowald ja ペーター・コヴァルト ko 페터 코발트
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
0000000054723643
VIAF cluster ID
9145971333932331302
Library of Congress authority ID
n83073280
GND ID
120693623
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kowald, 001 x.jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
295390
AllMovie person ID
p222102
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000844005
Artist-info artist ID
77530
BAnQ authority ID
0000472616
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14065780k
DDB person (GND) ID
120693623
Show all 41 identifiers +29
Deezer artist ID
536401
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
120693623
Discogs artist ID
296707
Europeana entity
agent/base/150403
Filmportal ID
6a63189b164048619b76a372ba2a0dde
Freebase ID
/m/03dd7x
Grove Music Online ID
J251600
IMDb ID
nm0468577
KANTO ID
000203619
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
120693623
Kinobox person ID
1424464
Kinopoisk person ID
782926
Libris-URI
tr577sjc4nt48h4
Museum-digital ID
149559
MusicBrainz artist ID
de14c47c-471b-4afd-87c2-5d10a9fee670
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
270426
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000331700
NUKAT ID
n2018173095
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987011096322805171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810591391505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073664529
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100043214
Prabook ID
1952197
RERO ID (legacy)
A005522990
Rate Your Music artist ID
peter-kowald
SELIBR ID
173861
Topic's main category
Wikidata item
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvt4Cp9RBhVQDvMH6Gfv3
Yale LUX ID
person/12c2ac6a-9ed2-415b-b350-2b562b204f7d

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🔗 Connections
Mb:dedicated to 2
Never Too Late But Always Too Early, Never Too Late But Always Too Early
Mb:label founder 2
FMP/Free Music Production, FMP/Free Music Production
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Peter
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
double bass
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Mb:member of band 1
Globe Unity Orchestra
Occupation 1
jazz musician
Place of birth 1
Masserberg
Place of death 1
New York City
Record label 1
CIMP
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Peter Kowald was born on April 21, 1944[1], in Masserberg[2]. He died on September 21, 2002[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a jazz musician[5], composer[6], musician[7], and bandleader[8].

FAQs

Where was Peter Kowald born?

Peter Kowald was born in Masserberg[2].

Where did Peter Kowald die?

Peter Kowald died in New York City[4].

What did Peter Kowald do for work?

Peter Kowald worked as a jazz musician[5], composer[6], musician[7], and bandleader[8].

Related Entities

CIMP Germany New York City

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . online collection of the Groninger Museum. Retrieved . groningermuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.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. 2d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'ja', 'nl']
    Sitelink count → 8
    Deezer artist ID → 536401
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Olaf Studt · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    Topic's main category → Wikidata item
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53403|batch #53403]]: Topic's main category = Wikidata item; moving [[c:Category:Peter Kowald]] to Wikidata item, [[Property:P"
  3. 8w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Groninger Museum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has works in the collection: Groninger Museum, groninger museum ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/c5a6d992c4b|details]])"
  4. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 1261-11FF-A1E7-B3F2-0471
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46467|batch #46467]]: HAND ID (7)"
  5. 18w ago · Eddo1982! · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Start of work period: 1960"
  6. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Peter
    Family name → Kowald
    Country of citizenship → Germany
    Website → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32116|batch #32116]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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