Friedrich August Kummer the Younger

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Friedrich August Kummer

Friedrich August Kummer the Younger (born August 5, 1797 in Meiningen , † August 22, 1879 in Dresden ) was a cellist , cello teacher and composer .

Life

Friedrich August was born in Meiningen in 1797 as the child of his father of the same name and his mother Dorothea Wagner. Friedrich August the Elder had been oboist at the Meiningen court orchestra since 1796 and was employed by the court orchestra in Dresden, which still exists today, around 1797/98 . The family moved there, and Friedrich August, like his father, initially became an oboist, but then also became interested in the cello . He studied with the respected cellist Friedrich Dotzauer and probably also with Bernhard Romberg .

In 1814 he was temporarily accepted as oboist in the Dresden court orchestra, as no cellists were needed. In the same year Carl Maria von Weber appointed Kummer as a cellist at the Royal Opera House.

In 1817 Kummer became a cellist in the court orchestra, and in 1850 he was appointed first solo cellist with the title “Royal Saxon Chamber Virtuoso ” after Dotzauer had retired. Kummer himself retired in 1864.

In 1865 his son Friedrich Kummer was born.

Kummer worked at the Dresden Conservatory from its foundation in 1856 until his death in 1879, i.e. also after he left the court orchestra. His sons Ernst and Max and the cellists Julius Goltermann , Bernhard Cossmann , Richard Bellman and Ferdinand Bochmann were among his students .

Friedrich August Kummer was known as a chamber musician and solo cellist during his lifetime. He also composed and wrote a violoncello school for first lessons in 1839 , op. 60, which is still popular today. Kummer died in Dresden in 1879 and was buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery. The grave has not been preserved.

Works (selection)

  • 3 Duos concertans et brillans for violin and cello, op.15
  • 3 duets for two cellos, op.22
  • Souvenir de la Suisse , Concertino for cello and orchestra or string quartet or piano, op.30
  • Adagio et variations sur un thème de l'opéra "I Capuleti ed i Montecchi" de Bellini for cello and piano or string quartet, op. 31
  • Duo facile sur des thèmes favoris de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" de Meyerbeer for cello or viola and piano, op. 34
  • Pièce fantastique for cello and orchestra or string quartet or piano, op.36 (1840)
  • 8 great etudes for cello (cello 2 ad lib.), Op.44
  • Deux pièces pour les amateurs de Piano et de Violoncelle , op.46
  • Amusements pour les amateurs de Pianoforte et de Violoncelle (ou Viola) sur des Motifs de l'Opéra "Au fidele Berger" d'Adolphe Adam , op. 53
  • Anticipations de la russie, Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes nationaux russes for cello and orchestra, op.56
  • 10 Melodic Etudes for Cello (cello 2 ad lib.), Op.57
  • 2 Duos de concert for violin and cello, op.67
  • Fantaisie sur les motifs de l'opéra "Lucia di Lammermoor" by G. Donizetti for cello or viola and piano, op. 68 (1841)
  • Trois morceaux de salon sur des motifs de Henselt, Reissiger, Malibran for cello and piano, op.69
  • Reminiscences de l'opéra "La Favorite" de Donizetti , two pieces for cello and piano, op. 70
  • La Cantilena élégie for cello and piano, op.72
  • Concertino en forme d'une scène chantante for cello and piano, op.73
  • Reminiscenses des opéras de Rossini et de Bellini for violin or cello, accompanied by string trio or piano, op.74
  • Introduction et polacca brillante , Concert Piece for cello and orchestra or string quartet or piano, op.75
  • Fantaisie sur des motifs de l'opéra Rienzi de Richard Wagner for cello and piano, op.78
  • 4 Morceaux de salon sur des airs nationaux italiens, ecossais, allemands et espagnols for cello and piano, op.81
  • 4 duets for two cellos, op.103
  • 12 duets for two cellos, op.105
  • Studies for cello (cello 2 ad lib.), Op.106
  • Cantilena ed Allegro moderato alla mazurka for cello and orchestra or string quartet or piano, op.107
  • Grazioso affettuoso for cello and piano, op.108
  • Les soirées du nord sur des airs russes et bohémiens , Fantasies for cello and piano, op.115
  • Four salon pieces on motifs from Rienzi, Holländer & Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner for cello and piano, op.119
  • 6 duets for two cellos, op.126
  • Fantasy on Küchens Lieder for cello and piano, op.130
  • Airs célèbres , Transcriptions for cello and piano, op.142
No. 4 And whether the cloud covers it - air de l'opéra "Der Freischütz" de Weber
  • 6 duets for two cellos, op.156

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gertraude Stahl-Heimann: Dresden cemeteries and their special features . Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Heidelberg 1996, p. 53.
personal data
SURNAME Kummer, Friedrich August the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kummer, Friedrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cellist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1879
Place of death Dresden