Nils Peter Möller, född i Helsingborg 5 april 1803, död 7 oktober 1860 i Lund. Anställd som musikdirektör vid Skånska husarregementet 1827−37 samt domkyrkokantor och -organist i Lund 1838−60. Ledamot av Kungl. Musikaliska akademien 1843. Som militärmusiker, aktiv medlem i flera sydsvenska musiksällskap, kyrkomusiker och musiklärare vid lärarseminariet i Lund spelade han en viktig roll i det sydsvenska musiklivet under sin livstid. Han var en mångsidig musiker, skicklig cellist, pianist och organist samt komponerade en lång rad verk inom de flesta genrer.

Nils Peter Möller was born in Helsingborg, Sweden on 5 april 1803 and died in Lund on 7 October 1860. He was employed as music director for the Scanian Hussar Regiment from 1827 to 1837, and then worked as cantor and organist at the cathedral in Lund from 1838 to 1860. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in1843. As a military musician, an active member in several music societies in Karlskrona and Malmö, and as a church musician and music teacher at the teachers’ college in Lund, he played an important role during his lifetime in southern Swedish music life. He was a versatile musician, a skilful cellist, pianist and organist, who composed a long list of works within various genres.