Becker, KARL FERDINAND, a German musician, born at Leipzig in 1804, at the age of fourteen made his first public appearance as a pianist. In 1843 he was appointed professor of the Organ at the Leipzig Conservatorium. His compositions for the organ have some value, but he is best known as a writer on the history of music, and as an important contributor to German musical periodicals. His collection of Chorales (1831), and Die Hausmusik (1840), are highly valued. He died October 26, 1877.
Becker, KARL FERDINAND
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 8
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