Johann Hermann Kufferath
Johann Hermann Kufferath (born May 12, 1797 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † July 28, 1864 in Wiesbaden ) was a German composer .
Life
He was born as the eldest son of watchmaker Carl Kufferath and his wife Catharina. Horst was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. Since he and six of his brothers had an unusual musical talent, contemporaries referred to them as the musical seven stars.
The student of Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann was music director in Bielefeld from 1823 and city music director in Utrecht from 1830 . He wrote cantatas , overtures , motets and a singing textbook.
His younger brothers Louis and Hubert Ferdinand also made a name for themselves as composers.
literature
- Hubert Kolland: Kufferath, Johann Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 242 ( digitized version ).
- Klaus-Ulrich Düwell: Johann Hermann Kufferath , in: Rheinische Musik III, Cologne, 1964, p. 53 f.
- CAJ Bastiaenen: De familie Kufferath, een muzikaal geslacht van Europees format , in: Spiegel der Historie, 1967, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 613–622.
- J. Oberschelp: The public musical life of the city of Bielefeld in the 19th century , Bielefeld 1972, p. 25 f.
- Geerten Jan van Dijk: Johann Hermann Kufferath (1797 - 1864) Muziekdirecteur te Utrecht , Universiteit Utrecht, Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen, Instituut Media- en Cultuurwetenschappen, Master's thesis Muziekwetenschap, 2008.
- Jens Roepstorff: The Kufferath family of musicians from Mülheim an der Ruhr , in: Mülheimer Jahrbuch 2016, pp. 134-139.
Web links
Other sources
- Duisburger Generalanzeiger from January 3, 1926
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, holdings 1440
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kufferath, Johann Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1864 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |