About Max Oesten
Lived 1843 – 1917 (aged 73–74). Max Oesten was a German composer, musician, pianist, organist and music director.
Max Oesten (var: Otto Max Oesten, Max Otto Östen, Otto Östen) 1843–1917, was a German pianist, organist and prolific composer.
Life Max Oesten was born in Berlin the son of the German composer Theodore Oesten. He spent most of his professional life as a church organist in Königsburg. Oesten was a pupil of August Wilhelm Bach. Among Oesten's pupils was the German-American fiddler Otto Funk.
List of works
Choral op. ? (1879) Aufforderung zum Tanz: polka-rondo (mixed choir and piano). op. 225 (1914) Für Kaiser und Reich (male-voice choir and orchestra).
Harmonium and/or Organ op. 26 (n.d.) Trauermarsch (after Beethoven op. 26) arr. for harmonium/organ. op. ? (1869) La Belle Espagnole (piano). op. 71 (1878) Frühlingsglaube, after F. Ries (piano). op. 168 (1890) Weihnachtsklänge (piano) op. ? (1898) Six easy pieces (violin and piano). op. 201 (1899) Six easy pieces: second set) (violin and piano).
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Who was Max Oesten?
German musician (1843–1917)
When was Max Oesten born?
Max Oesten was born in 1843 in Berlin.
When did Max Oesten die?
Max Oesten died in 1917 in Königsberg.
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Max Oesten was a composer, musician, pianist, organist and music director.
What nationality was Max Oesten?
Max Oesten was German.
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