Biography of Moritz Fürstenau (1824-1889)

• → Links
• → Sheet music
• → Literature

26.07.1824

Born in Dresden son to the flutist Anton Bernhard Fürstenau

26.10.1832

First appearance in a concert of his father in Dresden.

01.02.1842

Engangement at the court orchestra in Dresden.

Lessons from Böhm in Munich

1844

Chamber musician of the Saxonian court

1848

He was freed from jail, where he was through no fault of his own during revolustion, by a bail of Richard Wagner

1852

Curator of the collection of music supplies of the King of Saxony

1854

Co-founder of the Tonkünster society

1858

Professorship at the Dresden conservatory

27.03.1889

Dies in Dresden.

Further information/Sources:

• → Moritz Fürstenau auf Wikipedia
• → Sächsische Biographie
• → CDs by/of Moritz Fürstenau bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
• → Music by/with Moritz Fürstenau at amazon.de

Sheet music for flute:

La Concorde - Introduction et Rondeau brillant sur des Themes de l'Opera (As-Dur) (Bearbeitung)

(flute, clarinet in H flat, piano orchestral excerpt)

Edition Kunzelmann, GM 1108

Rating: difficult

1. Introduzione, maestoso marziale - Adagio espressivo
2. Allegro con brio
3. Risoluto

Literature von/über Moritz Fürstenau

• Adorján, András:  Lexikon der Flöte
  Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
  1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
  2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
• Goldberg, Adolph:  Portraits und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten
  Celle: Edition Moeck,
  1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2
• Lorenzo, Leonardo de:  My Complete Story of the flute
  The instrument - the performer - the music
  9. edition Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press,
  - ISBN: 0-89672-285-6