Dahms, Walter Willy Hermann (Armando, Gualterio) 9.jun.1887-5.oct.1973 Germany, Berlin - Portugal, Lisbon
violinist, choral conductor, music critic, writer on music, autodidact on violin which he practised as member of an orchestra, 1906-1910 studied piano and composition with Adolf Schultze in Berlin, 1910-1912 choral conductor in Berlin, 1912-1921 music critic for Der Hammer, Buhne und Welt, Kleines Journal, Neue Preussische Kreuz Zeitung, Ostdeutsche Rundschau, Allgemeine Musik Zeitung and many more, his scathing criticism of modern music composers such as Wagner and Richard Strauss with their 'sick music' were one of the reasons that he later had to leave Germany because 1933 he was unable to find employment, 1918 residing at Friedbergstrasse 23 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, 1919-1920 studied with the musicologist Otto Vrieslander in Berlin, 1921 he went to Italy (Florence, Rome, Palermo), 1927 to France (Nice, 1931 Paris), 28.jul.1931 in Paris with the aid of his friend Froylan Turcios, Honduran consul in Paris, he acquired the Honduran nationality taking the name Gualterio Armando, 1929-1933 he was employed as translator of italian operas by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, 1933 unable to find employment in Berlin he went to Spain (Barcelona, Madrid), 18.jun.1933 he 'notable pianista' and his wife 'notabilisima cantante' gave a recital of his Canciones hispanoamericano at Ateneo de Madrid, 1936 settled in Lisbon, 1939 residing at Rua Fabrica das Sedas 21, he published biographies on Schubert (1912), Schumann (1916), Mendelssohn (1919), Bach (1924), Chopin (1924), Paganini (1960), Liszt (1961), Wagner (1962), 1966 funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon he published Geschichte Portugals ; son of Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Dahms and Albertine Friederike Wilhelmine Schmocker ; 8.sep.1910 in Charlottenburg he married Agnes Hedwig Klothilde Matulke (Reinsdorf 12.jul.1884-), 1911 the marriage had failed but Matulke did not agree in divorce, he was finally granted a divorce 23.feb.1931 Berlin ; from 1920 he lived with and 6.jun.1931 in Paris he married the soprano Margarethe Ohlmann ; daughter Gilda (1926-)

[in Joaquin Pena/Higinio Angles 1954 the birth of Gualterio Armando is given as San Salvador 3.sep.1895 and of Walter Dahms as Berlin 9.jun.1887 so considered as two different persons : see Armando, Gualterio II]

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[] Normannerlied "Der abend kommt und die herbstluft weht", fur mannerchor. op4 pub Tonger, Koln 1913
[] Herbstabend "Ein brausen geht durch den sterbenden wald". Mannerchor a cappella. op5/1 gedicht von Max Kalbeck from Zwei chorgesange fur mannerstimmen op5 pub Rob. Forberg, Leipzig 18jun1914
[] Schwalbensiziliane "Zwei mutterarme". Mannerchor a cappella. op5/2 gedicht von D. von Liliencron from Zwei chorgesange fur mannerstimmen op5 pub Rob. Forberg, Leipzig 18jun1914
[] Spiererei "Blaue veilchen halt' ich hier". Gesang und piano. op9/1 pub Kaun, Berlin 1912 pub William A. Kaun Music Co., Milwaukee 23dec1911
[] In der kirschblut' "Draussen am platz". Gesang und piano. op9/2 gedicht von I. G. Fischer pub Kaun, Berlin 1912 pub William A. Kaun Music Co., Milwaukee 23dec1911
[] Concertino fur oboe oder violine und streichorchester. op11 pub Schuberth & Co., Wiesbaden 1939
[] Sombras ligeras. op22/1
[] Weihnachtslieder fur mannerchor pub Herm. Augustin, Berlin 1913	[] 1 - Heilige nacht! "Nacht der unendlichen liebe" [] 2 - Vom himmel in die tiefsten klufte
[] Hanseatisches Liederbuch fur gesellige kreise. Hoch- und plattdeutsche lieder dedication : Den Teilnehmern an der 24. Versammlung des Vereins Deutscher Bibliothekare vom 10. bis 14. Juni 1930 in Lubeck gewidmet collected by Walter Dahms, arr. by Wilhelm Stahl pub Borchers, Lubeck 1930
[] Sonata. Violin and piano. 1932
[] 34 Canciones hispanoamericano. Voice and piano. Paris 1932 on words by hispanic-american poets the songs on words by Jaime Torres Bodet and the songs on words by Rufino Blanco Fombona were performed by his wife soprano Margarita accompanied by himself on piano in a recital at Ateneo de Madrid 18jun1933	[] 1 - Yo vengo de un brumoso pais (Amado Nervo) [] 2 - Cuando Llueve [] 3 - Nocturno [] 4 - Sollozo [] 5 - El desertor (Salvador Diaz Miron) [] 6 - Lied (Jaime Torres Bodet) [] 7 - Estamos en tierra nuestra (Jaime Torres Bodet) [] 8 - Musica Oculta (Jaime Torres Bodet) [] 9 - Rio (Jaime Torres Bodet) [] 10 - Fatiga (Jaime Torres Bodet) [] 11 - Barcarola Mexicana "Quien me compra una naranja" (Jose Gorostiza) [] 12 - Una cancion olvidada (Enrique Gonzalez Martinez) [] 13 - Balada de la loca fortuna (Enrique Gonzalez Martinez) [] 14 - Duda eterna (Froylan Turcios) [] 15 - Isla de amor (Froylan Turcios) [] 16 - Flauta rustica (Froylan Turcios) [] 17 - Cancion de Cuna (Rafael Heliodoro Valle) [] 18 - Tu (Rafael Heliodoro Valle) [] 19 - Al partir (Rufino Blanco Fombona) [] 20 - La adorada gentil partio (Rufino Blanco Fombona) [] 21 - Palomita mensajera (Rufino Blanco Fombona) [] 22 - Enfermaste mi alma (Rufino Blanco Fombona) [] 23 - La sombra (Rufino Blanco Fombona) [] 24 - El ultimo beso (Rufino Blanco Fombona) [] 25 - A donde vas (Luis Onetti Lima) [] 26 - Algo me dicen tus ojos (Manuel Gonzalez Prada) [] 27 - Suspira, oh corazon (Jose Asuncion Silva) [] 28 - Serenata (Jose Asuncion Silva) [] 29 - Explosion "Si la vida es amor" (Delmira Agustini) [] 30 - Cuando la vio pasar (Ruben Dario) [] 31 - Llegue a la pobre cabana (Ruben Dario) [] 32 - En la palida tarde (Ruben Dario) [] 33 - Los tres reyes magos (Ruben Dario) [] 34 - Alla en la playa (Ruben Dario)
[] Una cancion olvidada. Voice and piano. Paris 1932 words Enrique Gonzalez Martinez no.12 from 34 Canciones hispanoamericano pub A. Boileau y Bernasconi, Barcelona 1935
[] Quartetto no 1 per 2 violini, viola e violoncello. 1939 premiered by the Luis Barbosa string quartet in Lisbon 17dec1939 pub Tobias Broker, Stuttgart 2020
[] Quartetto no.2
[] Quartetto no.3
[] Primavera. Overture. Orchestra. 1943
[] Noche en el Escorial. Poema sinfonico. 1945
[] Konzertstuck. Horn and chamber orchestra. 1951
[] Spanische Lustspielouverture. Orchestra pub Musikverlag J. Schuberth (Inh. Jurgen Grahl), Frankfurt am Main
[] Ollantay. Suite uber peruanische motive. Orchestra pub Musikverlag J. Schuberth (Inh. Jurgen Grahl), Frankfurt am Main
[] Drei gedichte von Alfred Mombert. Voice and piano	[] 1 - Winterabend [] 2 - Schlummerlied [] 3 - Schlafend tragt man mich in mein heimatland
[] Symphony no.1 "Os lusiadas"
[] Symphony no.3 in c
[] Concerto. Clarinet and orchestra
[] Balada castellana. Orchestra
[] Cuero de oro. Ballet on a legend from Guatemala
[] Divertimento mexicano. Ballet
[] Sonata. Cello and piano
[] Sonata. Flute and piano
[] Danza colombiana. Piano
[] Autumnal. Poema sinfonica. Tenor and orchestra
[] Ave Maria. 2 Voices and organ
[] Regina coeli. 2 Voices and organ
[] O Salutaris. 2 Voices and organ
[] Missa Pro Parvulis, for children's choir and organ

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