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Theobald Friedrich Böhm
- Born at the 9th of april
1794 in Munich,
being the oldest of 11 children of
the goldsmith Karl
Friedrich Böhm
- Starting about 1800 to learn the flageolett
- 1802 changing to the flute
- 1810 sells his instrument
after building his own flute
with four keys
(being inspired by
Grenser)
- 1810-1812 lessons
from Capeller
and work with him
on the enhancement of the flute.
- Since 1812 second job being
first flutist at the
Isarthor theatre in
Munich
(Main job goldsmith)
- 1.6.1818 employment as
flutist at the royal
court orchestra
in Munich.
- 1818-1820 study of composition
ander Grätz and of
instrumentation ander Stuntz.
- On the 30th of october 1820
married to
Anna Rohrleitner
(1796-1875) in
Munich
- 11.12.1820 debut
in Munich
playing a composition of
his own (concerto in G major
dedicated to forstenau)
- 1821-1822 tour
through Germany
- 1822 birth of the first
daughter, Maria
- 1823 birth of the first
son, Ludwig
- 1823/24 tour through
Germany with Molique
- 1825 birth of the second
son, Karl (wrote a
chronicle of the
family)
- 1826-1827 tour through Switzerland
and the south of Germany
- 1827 birth of the third
son, Theobald
- june - august 1828
tour through Austria
and northern Italy
- At the beginning of
october 1828
setting-up of his own
flute workshop
- 1829 birth of the fourth
son, Wilhelm
- 1830 birth of the fifth
son, Max
- 1831 birth of the sixth
son, August
- 1831 tour through
France and England,
meeting with Gordon
- 1832 manufacture of the first
flute with ring keys
- 25.4.1833 concert at the Odeon
using the new flute
- Since 1833 work on a new
type of piano in
cooperation with Schafhäutl,
metallurgic experiments.
- 1833-1834 visit of Gordon,
who has his own flute types
manufactured
at Böhms workshop
- 1837 birth of the seventh
son, Otto, getting ennobled
later on.
- 8.5.1837 presentation of
his new flute
at the academy of sciences
in
Paris
- 1.1.1839 nomination for the
first class chevalier
of the bavarian
order of merit
of the holy Michael
- 1839 end of his flute manufacturing
in order to spend more time
for other activities
- 1840 arrangement with Godfroy,
Rudall and Rose,
who are going to proceed in
producing his flute type.
- In 1843 his "Patentflute"
is
being published.
- august - november 1845
Moritz forstenau
is taking lessons from
Böhm.
- 1846-47 study of acustics
at the university of
Munic.
- 1846 decision to build
cylindrical flutes.
- 1847 book: "Über
den flutenbau
and die neuesten Verbesserungen
desselben"
- In the same year
reopening of his workshop
and manufacture of
the first
flute made of metal
- 1855: at the world exposition in Paris
presentation of his flute and
his book.
- Celebration of the polytechnichal
association of Munich in
favor of Böhm.
- 1871 second book: "Die
flute and das flutenspiel
in akustischer, technischer and
artistischer Beziehung"
- Died on the 25th of november
1881 in Munich
- Burial on the 27th of November 1881
at the south cemetery.
- Contemporaries judged
Böhms timbre higher
than that of Drouet
and forstenau.
Only in technical aspects he couldn`t
cope with those.
Last update: 17.02.2010
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