Friedrich Kiel (Bad Laasphe-Puderbach, October 8, 1821 - Berlin, September 13, 1885) was a German composer and music teacher. October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

His compositions include a piano concerto, two piano quintets, three piano quartets (in A minor, E major and G major), at least two string quartets, several piano trios, sonatas for violin (at least four), viola and for cello, motets, oratorios (including the Star of Bethlehem) as well as a Missa Solemnis and a Requiem, among more than seventy works in all with opus number. A piano concerto is a concerto for solo piano and orchestra. ... A piano quintet is a chamber musical ensemble made up of one piano and four other instruments, or the name of a piece written for such a group. ... A piano quartet is a musical ensemble consisting of a piano and three other instruments, or a piece written for such a group. ... The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ... A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, almost always a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. ... Sonata (From Latin and Italian sonare, to sound), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to cantata (Latin cantare, to sing), a piece sung. ... The pitches of open strings on a violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass) and double bass. ... A cello The cello (often formally referred to as the violoncello) is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... In Western music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions. ... An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. ... Opus is a Latin word which means work (in the sense of a work of art). Some composers musical pieces are identified by opus numbers which generally run either in order of composition or in order of publication. ...

The opening of one of the violin sonatas, in E minor, is given in William Newman's The Sonata Since Beethoven. Several of the chamber works (recently including one of the string quartets), along with the piano concerto and some choral works, have been recorded. William Stein Newman (April 6, 1912 - April 27, 2000) was an American musicologist. ...

His students included Arthur Somervell, Charles Villiers Stanford, Frederic Hymen Cowen, and Emil Sjögren. ([1]) Insert non-formatted text here 62. ... Charles Villiers Stanford Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (September 30, 1852 - 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer. ... Frederic Hymen Cowen (29 January 1852-1935), English musical composer, was born at Kingston, Jamaica. ...

External link

• Biography from Naxos site
• Another, from Hyperion.