Friedrich Adolph Gumpert (27 April 1841, Lichtenau (Thüringen) – 31 December 1906,

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) was a German

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player and teacher. Gumpert received his early musical education in

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. From 1860 he was a horn player, first in

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, then (after completing his military service) in Halle. In October 1864, at the behest of Carl Reinecke, he became First Horn in the

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, a position he held until 1899. He was a founder member of the Gewandhaus-Bläserquintett, formed in 1896. Gumpert was Professor of Horn at the

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from 1882 until his death. As well as Heinrich Lorbeer, his pupils included Anton Horner, Max Hess and Max Pottag, all three highly influential in the development of horn playing in the

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. His publications (all of which appear, erroneously, under the name "Gumbert") include twelve volumes of orchestral excerpt books (''Orchesterstudien'') arranged for horn and other wind instruments, a horn method, and many arrangements for horn and piano.

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1841 births 1906 deaths People from Neustadt an der Orla People from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach German classical horn players 19th-century German musicians 19th-century classical musicians {{brass-musician-stub