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Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau
- Born at the 11th of september
1786 in Uelzen, Hannover
- Lost one eye
by accident, when he
was a child.
- father military musician
- Lessons for piano and flute,
second taught by his father.
- Later on piano lessons
and composition
from Schwencke, musical director
in Hamburg
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- From 1804 until 1810
living as a pianist and
composer in Hamburg
- 1810 leaving Braunschweig
and going to Copenhagen,
in order to not have to join
the army.
- 1812 title of chamber musician
without a salary
- 1813 becoming danish
citizen.
- 1814 his parents
and his sister follow
him to Copenhagen.
- Because of paying for
them, too, Kuhlau was
in deep financial problems.
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- In 1814
first release of his
first opera
- 1816-1817 teacher for singing
at the Copenhagen theatre
- 1825 visit to vienna,
friendship to Beethoven
- 1826 movement to
the village Lyngby
- 1828 appointment
for being professor
- Kuhlau was a
for many years a
good friend of
forstenau
- 1830 death of both parents
- 1831 the house in
Lyngby, Jütland burns down.
He lost some of
of his manuscripts.
A part of them
had never been published before.
- Because of waiting
hole of the cold night
in front of his burning house,
Kuhlau became seriously ill and
had to went to hospital
about a month later.
- Death at the 12th
of March 1832 in copenhagen
- His compositions (duets!!!)
meant an important upgrade
to flute repertoire.
Because of that he
was called "Beethoven of
the flute"
Last update: 17.02.2010
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