- Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken
Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (November 16, 1810 – April 3, 1882) was a German composer and conductor.
Kücken was born in
Bleckede . He learned piano as a child and playedchamber music in his youth. After moving toSchwerin he studied underFriedrich Lührss ,Paul Aron , andGeorge Rettberg . He composed the song "Ach, wie wärs möglich dann", which became quite popular and resulted in his being chosen for the court of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin. [Gaynor G. Jones, "Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken". "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ". London:Macmillan, 2001] He furthered his studies in 1832 withJoseph Birnbach inBerlin and later with Sechter inVienna (1941-43), as well as withHalevy andMarco Bordogni inParis . He held a conducting position at a Stuttgart court theater from 1851 to 1861. He died inSchwerin .His works included choral pieces, opera, and others. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=L4MYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Friedrich+Wilhelm+K%C3%BCcken&dq=%22Friedrich+Wilhelm+K%C3%BCcken&lr=lang_en&pgis=1 The New Harvard Dictionary of Music By Randel, Don Michael] ]
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov viewed Kücken's work dimly as "saccharine." [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=W8CssuZOYcEC&pg=PA487&dq=%22Friedrich+Wilhelm+K%C3%BCcken&lr=lang_en&sig=eZ2nBIVw6JuCxYQDhJNrhtEhUSQ Reminiscences of Rimsky-Korsakov By Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich I͡Astrebt͡sev, Florence Jonas] ] His most popular work was the opera " Der Prätendent", premiered inStuttgart in 1847.Web sources
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