- Joseph Küffner
Joseph Küffner ("Kueffner") (
March 31 1776 Würzburg –September 9 1856 Würzburg )cite book|last=Schytte|first= Henrik Vissing|title=Nordisk musik-lexikon
date=1888|language=Norwegian|publisher=Wilhelm Hansen
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MtVHAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA439&dq=kuffner+joseph+1856+1776&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=sot3SKbcE4S8jgGuj_T1Aw|pages=439|location=København|accessdate=2008-07-11 OCLC|186788569.] cite web|title=Dolmetsch Online Composers Biography: K|url=http://www.dolmetsch.com/cdefsk.htm|accessdate=2008-07-11] was a Germanmusician andcomposer .Life
He was a violinist with the Würzburg court orchestracite web|title=Advertisement for Antique Sale of a Küffner String Quartet|url=http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/olde/1444.shtml|accessdate=2008-07-12|date=1823-4] , and was later, when Würzburg became part of Bavaria (1802), assigned to take charge of military music. At this point he became bandmaster with a Bavarian Army regiment [cite web|title=Publications|publisher=IDRS|url=http://www.idrs.org/publications/DR/DR12.2/DR12.2.Moore.OMR.html|accessdate=2008-07-12] .
Music
A quintet of Küffner's for clarinet and strings was once attributed to
Carl Maria von Weber , and is still recorded in collections of Weber's music. [cite web|title=Notes to a Naxos Recording including the Küffner Quintet|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.553122&catNum=553122&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English|date=1995|accessdate=2008-07-11] . He composed seven symphonies, a quintet for flute and strings, (at least one) string quartet (his opus 178) [Google books|0mAPAAAAYAAJ|Allgemeine musikalische zeitung, May 1828, page 316 (may be the same as the 1823-4 work above despite the 1828 date of the review)] , a viola concerto [cite web|title=Library of Congress Link for Küffner Viola Concerto Record|url=http://lccn.loc.gov/unk84147097|accessdate=2008-07-12|publisher=Schott] , and a horn quintet (op. 66) [according to the Munich Library OPAC] . His output also contains a substantial quantity of music for classical guitar (some of it still published as of 2008).References
External links
heetmusic
* [https://rex.kb.dk/F?func=find-c&ccl_term=(WRD%3D%22K%C3%BCffner%22+AND+WWW%3Dhttp+NOT+WWW%3Dsheetmusicnow+NOT+WWW%3Dfreehandmusic)&local_base=mus01&con_lng=ENG Rischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music] Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark
* [http://www.muslib.se/ebibliotek/boije/Boije_k.htm Boije Collection] The Music Library of Sweden
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