Theodore Oesten

Theodore Oesten (also "Theodor" in German) (December 31, 1813, Berlin – March 16, 1870, Berlin) was a German composer, musician, and music teacher. ["Oesten, Theodor." Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. J. A. Fuller Maitland, M.A., F.S.A. Vol. 3 (M-P). Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1916.]

Oesten learned to play wind and string instruments from the Stadtmusikus in Fürstenwalde (a small town outside Berlin). At the age of nineteen he studied composition with Böhmer, Rungenhagen, Schneider, and A. W. Bach in Berlin. Oesten is perhaps best known for his easy to play piano compositions, including transcriptions of operatic works, written in the sentimental style of his day. His son Max also became a composer. [Ibid.]

Partial List of Piano Compositions

(Note: Items without reference numbers are from a list at [http://cosmicwind.net/SheetMusic/SheetMusicIdx.html Piano Master*Works] .

*A Little Story
*12 Standard Pieces For Piano: Alpine Bells (Alpenglockchen)http://Webapp1.Dlib.Indiana.Edu/Sheetmusic/Devincent.Do?&Id=Ll-Sdv-132002
*Alpine Glow (Alpengluhen Idylle), Op. 193
*Carnival Of Venice (Capricietto Brillant)
*Cradle Song (Schlummerlied), Opus 91
*Doll's Dreaming and Awakening (Puppchen's Traumen Und Erwachen!); Cradle Song (Wiegenlied), Opus 202, No. 4
*Echo Idylle, Opus 223
*Farewellhttp://Memory.Loc.Gov/Cgi-Bin/Query/S?Ammem/Mussm:@Filreq(@Or(@Field(Author+@Od1(Oesten,+Theodor+))+@Field(Other+@Od1(Oesten,+Theodor+)))+@Field(Collid+Sm1870))]
*Forest Roses
*Gondellied, Op. 56
*Heavenly Bliss (Seliges Gluck), Opus 50, No. 4
*Illustrations: Six Elegant Fantasias On Favorite Themes, Op. 99 [ [http://www.lib.unc.edu/music/eam/search.html Music Library-19th Century Am. Sheet Music Digitization Project - Browse ] ]
*La Fille Du Regiment, Opus 57, No. 10, Perles De L'Opera, 12 Morceaux Elegantes
*Long Long Weary Day, Op. 49 [ [http://Www.Lib.Duke.Edu/Texis/Smi/Search/More.Htm?Id=37973E8E15] Dead link|date=May 2008]
*Love In May (Maienliebe), Op. 50, No. 1
*Lucia Di Lammermoor, Six Fantaisies Brilliantes Sur Des Motifs Favoris De L'Opera, Op. 67
*Morning Song
*On The Rialto (Auf Den Lugunen), Barcarolle For Piano, Op. 222
*Serenade, Op. 50, No. 2
*Sleep Well, Thou Sweet Angel, Opus 277 No. 2
*Snowbells' Spring Carol (Idylle), Op. 227
*Souvenir De Martha, Fantaisie Brillante On Flowtow's Opera
*The Little Tyrolean Maid
*When The Swallows Homeward Fly: Agathe
*With Bow And Arrow

Media

Click on the links below to hear compositions by Oesten.
* [http://us.share.geocities.com/bbwannab/Oesten-Fantasy-on-GodSaveTheQueen.mp3 Excerpt from "Fantasia on 'God Save the Queen'" (Op. 99, No. 1)]
* [http://classic-midi.com/midi_player/classic/cla_Oesten_alpen.htm Alpine Glow (Op. 193)]
* [http://www.geocities.com/bbwannab/Dolly_s_Dreaming_And_Awakening.mid Dolly's Dreaming and Awakening (Op. 202, No. 4)]

External links

* [http://cosmicwind.net/SheetMusic/TheodoreOesten.html Theodore Oesten]
* [http://www.lib.unc.edu/music/eam/search.html University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Music Library--19th Century American Sheet Music Digitization Project]
* [http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/conf/conf02/conf0209/ Historic American Sheet Music (Digital Scriptorium collection, Duke University)]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/mussm:@OR(@field(AUTHOR+@od1(Oesten,+Theodor+))+@field(OTHER+@od1(Oesten,+Theodor+))) Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885 (American Memory collection, Library of Congress)]
*IMSLP|id=Oesten, Theodore|cname=Theodore Oesten

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