About Albrecht Agthe
Lived 1790 – 1873 (aged 83). Albrecht Agthe was a composer, music educator, music director, violinist and conductor.
Wilhelm Johann Albrecht Agthe (14 April 1790 – 8 October 1873) was a German music teacher.
Agthe was born in Ballenstedt to Karl Christian Agthe, a court organist and composer. He studied under Michael Gotthard Fischer in Erfurt, and in 1810 became a music teacher in Leipzig and a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. In 1823, he began teaching using Logier's method in Dresden; from 1826 in Posen (where he taught Theodor Kullak); from 1830 in Breslau; and from 1832 in Berlin, where he directed a music school for 13 years.
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Who was Albrecht Agthe?
German music teacher and composer (1790–1873)
When was Albrecht Agthe born?
Albrecht Agthe was born on 14 April 1790 in Ballenstedt.
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Albrecht Agthe died on 8 October 1873 in Berlin.
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Albrecht Agthe was a composer, music educator, music director, violinist and conductor.
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Albrecht Agthe's recorded nationality: Duchy of Anhalt.
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