Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (September 11, 1786 - March 12, 1832) was a German composer during the Classical Period. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The Classical period in Western music occurred from about 1730 through 1820, despite considerable overlap at both ends with preceding and following periods, as is true for all musical eras. ...

Born in Germany, after losing his right eye in a street accident at the age of nine, he studied piano in Hamburg. In 1810, he fled to Copenhagen to avoid conscription in the Napoleonic Army, which overwhelmed the many small principalities and duchies of northern Germany, and in 1813 he became a Danish citizen. Outside of several lengthy trips which he took, he resided there until his death. During his lifetime, he was known primarily as a concert pianist and composer of Danish opera, but was responsible for introducing many of Beethoven's works, which he greatly admired, to Copenhagen audiences. Considering that his house burned down destroying all of his unpublished manuscripts, he was a prolific composer leaving more than 200 published works in most genres. Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the capitals name when saying it in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,115,035 (2006)), at present made up of... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ...

Beethoven, whom Kuhlau knew personally, exerted the greatest influence upon his music. Interestingly, few of Beethoven’s contemporaries showed greater understanding or ability to assimilate what he was doing than Kuhlau. Certainly with regard to form, Kuhlau was clearly able to make sense and use what Beethoven was doing in his Middle Period.

While he wrote a piano concerto, a string quartet, several works for piano which included all the current genres of the day:sonatas, sonatinas, waltzes, rondos and variation. He also created several works for the strings (three quartets and two quintets, and several violin sonatas), works of incidental music and several operas, his most-often recorded and played works are several piano sonatinas, and numerous works for flute. A piano concerto is a concerto for solo piano and orchestra. ... The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet (French: quatuor à cordes, German: Streichquartett, Italian: quartetto di corde or quartetto darchi, Spanish: cuarteto de cuerdas) is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written... A violin sonata is a musical composition for solo violin, often (but not always) accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque. ... Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program or some other form not primarily musical. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognisable opera houses and landmarks. ...

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• Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau 1786-1832
• Friedrich Kuhlau Grand String Quartet Op.122 Soundbites and short biography