Ferdinand David
Johann Georg Weinhold · Public domain
- Full name
- Ferdinand Ernst Victor Carl David.
- Born
- 1810. · Hamburg.
- Died
- 1873. · Klosters.
- Nationality
- Hamburg.
- Occupation
- concertmaster, music educator, conductor, violinist, university teacher, composer and music director.
- Fields
- opera and classical music.
- Teachers
- Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann.
- Languages
- German.
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Training under Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann is recorded. August Wilhelmj, August Kömpel and Arno Hilf are recorded as having studied under Ferdinand David. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera and classical music. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leipzig. Employment is recorded with University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.
Photographer: Eulenstein, Leipzig Date/place: Unknown date/Leipzig
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1810
Ferdinand David born at Hamburg.
1873
Ferdinand David died at Klosters.
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Hamburg.
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Klosters.
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- 1.Hyperion Records. David, Ferdinand (1810-1873) - Composer.
- 2.Bachmann, Alberto Abraham. An Encyclopedia of the Violin. Da Capo Press. 1966.
- 3.Silvela, Zdenko. A new history of violin playing : the vibrato and Lambert Massart's revolutionary discovery. Universal Publishers. 140. 2001. 1581126670.
- 4.Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954, Vol. II, p. 606
- 5.Woerner, Tucker. Perhaps The Most Influential Trombone Solo. Paiges-music.com. 2020.
- 6.Woolf, Jonathan. Ossy Renardy. The Great Violinists Volume XVIII. Musicweb-international.com. 2003.
- 7.Matthews, Bryan. By God's Grace. A history of Uppingham School. 1984.
- 8.Reder Carlson, J. Politics Without Words: Mendelssohn and His Music in Restoration-Era Prussia (1841-47). 2015.
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MusicBrainz artist record for Ferdinand DavidMetaBrainz Foundation
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