Kaspar Kummer
Kaspar Johann Kummer[1] (1795–1870) was a German flautist, professor and composer.
Kummer was born on 10 December 1795 in the Erlau district of Schleusingen, Thuringia.[2] He taught himself the flute while learning violin, horn, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, viola, cello, and double bass.
Kummer was taught by a Schleusingen musician, Neumeister for a year, then took training in music theory from the Cantor of Schleusingen, Gottlob Abraham Stäps. From 1813, he worked as a flautist at the chapel of the Duke Erst I of Coburg.[3]
His compositions, numbering over 150,[4] include flute concertos, quartets and quintets for flutes and strings, and duos and trios for flutes; he also wrote a flute method book.
He had several students, including Friedrich Kiel[5] and Felix Draeseke.[6]
He died on 21 May 1870, in Coburg.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Sometimes Caspar or Gaspard. Spelling, in publications and otherwise, would often vary.
- ↑ Fürstenau, Moritz (1912). "Kummer: Kaspar K.". Allegemeine Deutsche Biographie. By von Liliencron, Rochus. Vol. 17. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 371. (In German.)
- 1 2 Gurlitt, Wilibald (1959). "Kummer, Kaspar". Riemann Musik Lexikon. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne. p. 981. (In German.)
- ↑ "List of works by Kaspar Kummer". imslp.org. Retrieved 13 Dec 2025.
- ↑ "Friedrich Kiel (Obituary)". The Monthly Musical Record. XV (178). October 1, 1885. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Nachlass Felix Draeseke" (in German). SLUB Dresden. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Free scores by Kaspar Kummer at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) (compositions, partial worklist)
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