Joseph Küffner (1776 - 1856)

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Joseph Küffner (Kueffner) (March 31, 1776 Würzburg ? September 9, 1856 Würzburg) was a German musician and composer. He was a violinist with the Würzburg court orchestra, and was later, when Würzburg became part of Bavaria (1802), assigned to take charge of military music. At this point he became bandmaster with a Bavarian Army regiment.

A quintet of Küffner's for clarinet and strings was once attributed to Carl Maria von Weber, and is still recorded in collections of Weber's music. He ... (Read all)
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