Friedrich August Belcke

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Friedrich August Belcke (born May 27, 1795 in Lucka ; † December 10, 1874 there ) was a German trombonist.

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The son of Lucka town musician Christian Gottlieb Pölcke first played the French horn before he switched to the trombone at the age of twelve to fill a vacant position in the town band . In 1811 he became a student of the town musician Sachse in Altenburg and later his successor when he had to go to war. In 1815 he performed in the Leipzig Gewandhaus as a solo trombonist a. a. with a Concertino for bass trombone and orchestra by Carl Heinrich Meyer and was thus probably the first trombone soloist to be heard in a German concert hall.

His performance made such an impression that the Gewandhaus Orchestra hired him as a bass trombonist. He went on concert tours to Merseburg, Halle and Dessau and was hired as a royal chamber musician in Berlin in 1816. At the invitation of Carl Maria von Weber he performed at a court concert in Dresden in 1817, but declined to play in the Dresden court orchestra. In the following years his reputation as a trombone virtuoso grew, he went on concert tours through Denmark, Sweden, Holland, France and Austria and received the gold medal of the Paris Conservatory in 1844 .

When he left the royal chapel in Berlin in 1858, Belcke was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle . In the following years he went on concert tours with his brother, the flautist Christian Gottlieb Belcke . He has also made a number of compositions for the trombone, including concertos and several collections of etudes.

Compositions

  • Six Pièces faciles et agreables pour le Piano-Forte à quatre mains, 1826.
  • Duo concertant pour deux trombones, 1847.

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SURNAME Belcke, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trombonist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucka
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1874
Place of death Lucka