Carl Ferdinand Becker (music writer)

Carl Ferdinand Becker

Carl Ferdinand Becker (born July 17, 1804 in Leipzig , † October 26, 1877 in Plagwitz near Leipzig) was a German organist and music writer .

Life

Becker was born in Leipzig in 1804 as the son of a doctor and writer. As a student he attended the St. Thomas School in Leipzig . His teachers Johann Gottfriedschicht (1753–1823) and Friedrich Schneider (1786–1853) trained him as a musician . From 1820 to 1833 he was a violinist in the Gewandhaus Orchestra . In 1825 he became organist at the Petrikirche and in 1837 at the Nikolaikirche . In 1848 he became a teacher for organ and music history at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig . In 1834 he worked for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik and was one of the founders of the Leipzig Bach Society in 1850. He died in 1877 near Leipzig.

Systematic-chronological presentation of musical literature from the earliest to the most recent. Published by Robert Friese, Leipzig 1836, 194 pp.
The chant collections of the various Christian churches. Verlag Fleischer, Leipzig 1845, 220 pp.
The Tonkünstler Of The Nineteenth Century - A Calendar Handbook on Art History. Kösslingsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1849.

Robert Eitner : Becker, Karl Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 322-324.
Wilhelm Virneisel: Becker, Karl Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 719 ( digitized version ).
Annegret Rosenmüller: Carl Ferdinand Becker (1804–1877). Studies of life and work. (= City of Music Volume 4) Publisher of Bockel, Hamburg 2000, 216 S., Ill., Notenbeisp., ISBN 3-932696-19-0 .

personal data
SURNAME	Becker, Carl Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Becker, Karl Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organist and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 17, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH	October 26, 1877
Place of death	Plagwitz