Frederik Philip Carl August Barth

Frederik Philip Carl August Barth (1775 – December 22, 1804) was a German-Danish virtuoso oboist and composer.[1] [2]

He was son of oboist Christian Samuel Barth and brother of oboist and composer Christian Frederik Barth.

Born in Kassel, Barth was trained by his father and played solo at a concert at the Royal Theater as a 14-year-old in 1789 and joined the chapel in 1793. He and his father directed in the years 1794-97 concerts in the Holstein Dramatic Society, which included various compositions by him.

References

  1. ^ Burgess, Geoffrey; Haynes, Bruce, eds. (2004). The oboe. The Yale musical instrument series. New Haven London: Yale Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09317-9.
  2. ^ "Christian Samuel Barth". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon | Lex (in Danish). 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  • This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.