Louis Kufferath
Louis Kufferath (born November 23, 1811 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † March 2, 1882 in Brussels ) was a German composer .
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Louis Kufferath (actually: Ludwig Kufferath) was born as the 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.
From 1833 Kufferath studied music with Friedrich Schneider in Dessau. From 1836 to 1850 he was director of the music school in Leeuwarden . He then lived in Ghent as a pianist and composer . He wrote a mass , a cantata , piano music, choral works, songs and 250 canons .
The best known of his six brothers were the composers Johann Hermann Kufferath and Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath .
literature
- CAJ Bastiaenen: De familie Kufferath, een muzikaal geslacht van Europees format , in: Spiegel der Historie, 1967, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 613–622.
- Jens Roepstorff: The Kufferath family of musicians from Mülheim an der Ruhr , in: Mülheimer Jahrbuch 2016, pp. 134-139.
Web links
- Article about the Kufferath family of musicians on the website of the Mülheim an der Ruhr city archive
- Sheet music and audio files by Louis Kufferath in the International Music Score Library Project
Other sources
- Duisburger Generalanzeiger from January 3, 1926
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, holdings 1550 a. 1440
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kufferath, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kufferath, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1882 |
| Place of death | Brussels |