Frederik Philip Carl August Barth (1775 – December 22, 1804) was a German-

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virtuoso oboist and composer. He was son of oboist

Christian Samuel Barth Christian Samuel Barth (13 January 1735 – 8 July 1809) was a German oboist and composer of the classical period. Life Christian Samuel Barth was born in Glauchau, as the son of the merchant George Samuel Barth. He studied at the Thomass ...

and brother of oboist and composer

Christian Frederik Barth Christian Frederik Barth (24 February 1787 – 17 July 1861) was a Danish virtuoso oboist and composer. Barth was an oboist in the Royal Chapel from 1802 to 1841. He was the son of oboist Christian Samuel Barth and brother of oboist and comp ...

. Born in

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, Barth was trained by his father and played solo at a concert at the Royal Theater as a 14-year-old in 1789 and joined the chapel in 1793. He and his father directed in the years 1794-97 concerts in the Holstein Dramatic Society, which included various compositions by him.

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