Paul Friedrich Struck (6 December 1776 – 14 May 1820) was a German-Austrian classical composer.
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Biography

Struck was born in

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, and began studying music in Berlin in 1792. In later years he studied with

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and then with

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in Vienna. In 1802 he settled in Vienna as a piano teacher. He later moved to

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where he lived from 1817 until his death in 1820.

Selected works

Vocal music

* "Mother's Birthday Party", (Vienna, 1797) * "Cantate for Her Royal Majesty the Queen" for soprano and orchestra (1801) * "Mourning Cantata on the Death of His Child" op. 16 (Vienna, 1817) * 6 songs for soprano, alto tenor, bass

Instrumental Music

* Quatuor pour Clarinette, Violon (ou deux Violons), Alto & Violoncelle op. 12, Louis Maisch, Vienna, no date * Sonata pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte avec accompagnement de Violon et Violoncelle op. 1 No. 1, op. 1 No. 2, op. 1 No. 3 * Trois Sonates pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte avec accompagnement de Flûte ou Violon et Violoncelle obl. Composées et dediées à Madame CE Struck par son fils Struck. Elève de J. Haydn. Op. 4. Jean André, Offenbach s / M., Undated * Grand Duo op.7 (Sonata) pour le Pianoforte et Clarinette ou Violino, 1804, Vienna. * Trois Sonates pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte avec accompagnement de Violon et Violoncelle composées et dédiées à Mr Joseph Haydn, Maitre de Chapelle de SA Monseigneur le Prince Esterhazy, par son Elève Paul Struck. Jean André, Offenbach, 1797. * String Quartet op. 2 * Grand Trio pour le Piano-Forte, Violon et Violoncelle composee et dedie a Madame la Comtesse de Thürheim op. 3. Jean André, Offenbach s / M, no year * Eight German dances for the pianoforte op. 13. Johann Traeg, Vienna, undated * Three of his four symphonies are considered lost, only the 4th symphony op.10 was published by Offenbach publisher Johann Anton André.

Literature

* Constantin von Wurzbach : Struck, Paul . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . Part 40 Imperial royal court and state printing works, Vienna 1880, p. 104 (digitized). * Joachim Lorenz Struck u. Ferdinand Struck: Stralsund Symphony. The life picture of the Stralsund composer Paul Struck . Elmenhorst /