Frédéric Ferdinand Flemming (1778 - 1813) Allemagne
Friedrich Ferdinand Flemming (1778-1813) was a German doctor, musician and composer. He studied medicine in Wittenberg from 1796-1800 and later in Jena, Vienna and Triest. He set up his practice in Berlin and specialized in opthalmology. Shortly thereafter he founded a private institute for eye diseases, the first of its kind, in which he gave lectures on eye diseases. He stayed connected to his students in a musical fashion.
He wrote, among other things, student songs, of which his Horace Ode 'Integer Vitae' is the most well-known. The melody and setting were used for various contrafractures (settings with other, mostly sacred texts). (Retracter)...(lire la suite)
Sonate pour Piano No.14 en Do dièse mineur (Clair de Lune), Opus 27.2