Carl Christian Agthe (1762-1797)
- Concerto E. G dur: | Flauto Traverso Principalo: | Violino Primo: |
Violino Secondo: | Viola Primo et Secondo: | Oboe Primo: | Oboe Secondo
| Cornu Primo: | Cornu Secondo: |
e | Basso è Violoncello (c.1780)
Performers: Gabriele Zucker (flute); Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie;
Gerard Oskamp (conductor)
Further info: Sinfonien Nr. 4, 8 und 11 - Flötenkonzert
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German organist and composer. He first learnt music with his grandfather
Johann Michael Agthe, Kantor at the Rathsschule, and his great-uncle
Andreas Agthe, a local organist; he later continued his musical studies
as a choirboy and as a member of the local Stadtpfeiferei. From 1776 to
1782 he was director of music with the Hündelberg theatrical company in
Reval (now Tallinn), where he composed his first Singspiele 'Martin
Velten' (1778). He then moved to Ballenstedt to join the court orchestra
of Prince Friedrich Albrecht of Anhalt-Bernburg as an organist and
harpsichordist. There he became known as one of the best organists of
his time and, after further studies with Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, as an
active composer of Singspiele, songs and instrumental pieces. His
best-known work is a setting of August Friedrich Ferdinand von
Kotzebue’s 'Der Spiegelritter' (1795), which was first performed by an
amateur society in Ballenstedt and several times revived. He also left
11 symphonies, two concertos, and 14 Dances. His son Albrecht Wilhelm
Johann Agthe (1790-1873) was a pianist, teacher and composer.
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