Johann Hermann Kufferath (12 May 1797 – 28 July 1864) was a German composer.

Life

Born in

Mülheim an der Ruhr Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many compan ...

, he was the eldest son of watchmaker Carl Kufferath and his wife Catharina née Horst, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He and six of his brothers possessed an unusual musical talent, and they were referred to by contemporaries as the "musical

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" (a constellation of seven bright stars). A pupil of

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and

Moritz Hauptmann Moritz Hauptmann (13 October 1792, Dresden – 3 January 1868, Leipzig), was a German music theorist, teacher and composer. His principal theoretical work is the 1853 ''Die Natur der Harmonie und der Metrik'' explores numerous topics, particular ...

, he was music director in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

from 1823 and municipal director of music in

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from 1830. He wrote

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, overtures, motets and a chant textbook. Kufferath was married to soprano Elisabeth Sophie Reintjes. He died in

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on July 28, 1864.

References

* * Klaus-Ulrich Düwell: "Johann Hermann Kufferath", in: ''Rheinische Musiker'' III (Köln, 1964), p. 53 fl. * C. A. J. Bastiaenen: "De familie Kufferath, een muzikaal geslacht van Europees format" , in: ''Spiegel der Historie'', vol. 2 (1967) no. 10, pp. 613–622. * J. Oberschelp: ''Das öffentliche Musikleben der Stadt Bielefeld im 19. Jahrhundert'' (Bielefeld, 1972), pp. 25 fl. * Geerten Jan van Dijk: ''Johann Hermann Kufferath (1797–1864), Muziekdirecteur te Utrecht'' (Universiteit Utrecht, Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen, Instituut Media- en Cultuurwetenschappen, 2008); Masters thesis. * Jens Roepstorff: "Die Musikerfamilie Kufferath aus Mülheim an der Ruhr", in: ''Mülheimer Jahrbuch 2016'', pp. 134–139.

External links

Article about "Die Musikerfamilie Kufferath from Mülheim an der Ruhr
State archives of Mülheim an der Ruhr. (in German)

Life

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