Carl Almenräder

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Carl Almenräder (born October 3, 1786 in Ronsdorf (today Wuppertal ), † September 14, 1843 in Biebrich ) was a German bassoonist , composer and instrument maker .

Life

Carl Almenräder was born the son of a teacher and learned to play the bassoon autodidactically when he was given a bassoon at the age of thirteen. In 1810 he was initially active in the theater orchestra in Cologne , then moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1812 , where he also appeared several times as a soloist until 1814 . He learned composition from Aloys Schmitt and introduced himself to the Frankfurt audience in 1814 as the composer and soloist of a rondo .

In 1817 Almenräder was hired as a bassoonist in the Mainz theater orchestra . From this year on he developed a technically mature, technically flexible and tonally balanced bassoon over many years. In 1819 he settled in Cologne, where he devoted himself to making flutes and clarinets in his brother's workshop . In 1822 Almenräder joined the ducal Nassau court orchestra in Biebrich am Rhein and was hired by the Schott music publishing house as a consultant for their wind instrument production.

In 1831 he and Johann Adam Heckel (1812–1877) founded their own workshop in Biebrich for the manufacture of woodwind instruments. He continued to work for Schott as a proofreader , tuner and pipe supplier. In 1843 Almenräder's extensive textbook on his 17-key bassoon appeared, which offered a chromatic range from B1 - b2, i.e. four octaves. After his death, his partner Johann Adam Heckel continued the jointly founded workshop.

After some adaptations, the German Almenräder Heckel bassoon today has 25 to 27 keys. It spread from the German-speaking area and became the international standard in the 20th century.

Works

  • Deux Duos pour deux Bassons, composés et dédiés à son père, conr. Almenräder, par Charles Almenräder, Oeuv. 10; Schott, 1825
  • Introduction et Variations sur le thème "The hours of life rush so quickly" for bassoon and piano, op. 4
  • The House's Last Hour, Ballad for Voice and Piano, 1833

Publications

  • Treatise on improving the bassoon, Mainz ~ 1820

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SURNAME Almenräder, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bassoonist and instrument maker
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Ronsdorf (today Wuppertal)
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1843
Place of death Biebrich