Anton Dominikus Beaver
Anton Dominikus Biber (born July 29, 1797 in Ellingen , † April 6, 1863 in Nuremberg ) was a German piano maker. He is a member of the German piano making family "Biber".
life and work
Anton Dominikus Biber learned the craft of piano maker from his father Andreas Clemens Biber . Later he trained his brother Aloys Aegydius Biber to be a piano maker. After further years of training in Vienna and Munich, he founded his own piano workshop in Fürth. He moved this to Nuremberg in 1824.
Biber's instruments were widely recognized at the industrial exhibitions in Munich in 1835 and 1840. Some of them were exported overseas, for example to New Orleans .
swell
- Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Biber, German family of piano makers. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 111 (first edition: 1882).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biber, Anton Dominikus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German piano maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ellingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1863 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |