Friedrich Kuhlau is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Friedrich Kuhlau as Danish composer.
Friedrich Kuhlau was born at Uelzen in 1786. His recorded nationality is Denmark.
The concert hall and the public audience were new in this period; music was beginning to be written for buyers rather than employers.
He worked as composer, pianist and musicologist.
The instruments recorded are piano and western concert flute.
His work is classed as opera.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
That the work came out of Denmark shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Friedrich Kuhlau died in 1832, aged 46. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: piano and Western concert flute
- Genres: opera
