Bekke, Friedrich August
Bekke, Friedrich August
Bekke, Friedrich August, German trombonist; b. Lucka, Altenburg, May 27, 1795; d. there, Dec. 10, 1874. He was a member of the Gewandhaus Orch. in Leipzig (1815) and a chamber musician in Berlin (1816–58). Belcke was the first concert virtuoso on the trombone, for which he wrote concertos and études.
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