Zinkeisen, Konrad Ludwig Dietrich
Zinkeisen, Konrad Ludwig Dietrich
Zinkeisen, Konrad Ludwig Dietrich, German violinist and composer; b. Hannover, June 3,1779; d. Braunschweig, Nov. 28, 1838. He was trained by his father, and by Rode at Wolfenbüttel. He played first violin under Forkel at the Academic Concerts in Göttingen, and in 1819 he was appointed a chamber musician in the Braunschweig court orch. He wrote 6 violin concertos, 4 orch. overtures, 3 string quartets; concertos for oboe, for clarinet, for basset horn, and for bassoon, various other pieces for solo instruments with orch., music for military band, and choral works.
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