Karl Anton Florian Eckert (17 December 1820 – 14 October 1879) was a German conductor and composer.

Life

Eckert was born in

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. By the age of five, had already proved himself as a musical child prodigy. After coming to the attention of

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director

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, he was entered into the academy in 1832, and with Zelter's support had his debut piano concert in the fall of that year. He was later appointed Kapellmeister of

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where he remained until the spring of 1848. After the end of the political turmoil of the

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, Eckert left Berlin for

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, and later

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. Eckert died in Berlin at age 58.

Selected works

* ''Das Fischermädchen'', singspiel * ''Das Käthchen von Nürnberg'' * ''Der Laborant von Riesengebirge'', opera * ''Scharlatan'', opera * ''Wilhelm von Oranien'', opera

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* 1820 births 1879 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century conductors (music) 19th-century German composers German conductors (music) German male classical composers German male conductors (music) German Romantic composers Musicians from Berlin {{Germany-conductor-stub