Albert Becker
Illustration — Albert Becker in 1890 Albert Ernst Anton Becker (13 June 1834 – 10 January 1899) was a German composer and conductor of the Romantic period. Becker was born in Quedlinburg. In 1853–1856 he studied music composition under Siegfried Dehn in Berlin.
Also recorded as Albert Ernst Anton Becker
Albert Becker
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- Full name
- Albert Ernst Anton Becker.
- Born
- 1834. · Quedlinburg.
- Died
- 1899. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia.
- Occupation
- composer, conductor and university teacher.
- Fields
- classical.
- Movements
- Romanticism.
- Teachers
- Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn.
- Honours
- 3rd Class Order of the Crown.
- Languages
- German.
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Recorded at birth as Albert Ernst Anton Becker. Born at Quedlinburg in 1834, died in Berlin in 1899.
Training under Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn is recorded. Jean Sibelius, Paul Graener and Oskar Merikanto are recorded as having studied under Albert Becker. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical. Employment is recorded with Academy of Arts, Berlin and Staats- und Domchor Berlin. Positions recorded include professor and choir director. Distinctions recorded are 3rd Class Order of the Crown.
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- 1.Eduard Handlick: Aus dem Concertsaal. Wien 1870, S. 281.
- 2.Hans-Jürgen Mende. Lexikon Berliner Begräbnisstätten. 2018. 978-3-86514-206-1.
- 3.Zentralblatt für die gesamte Unterrichts-Verwaltung in Preussen, 1893, S. 612
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