Jacques Widerkehr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Alsatian composer
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Place of Birth: Strasbourg, France
About Jacques Widerkehr
- Jacques Christian Michel Widerkehr l'aîné (also Wiederkehr, Viderkehr; 18 April 1759 – April 1823) was an Alsatian composer and cellist of the classical era.
- He was born in Strasbourg in 1759 and began his career as a freelance cellist in Paris in 1783.
- His oboe sonatas were composed around 1794.He is best known for his instrumental compositions, especially symphonies concertantes for several wind instruments, or wind sinfonias.
- He claimed to be a student of Dumonchau, professor of the cello in Strasbourg and father of the pianist Charles-François Dumonchau.
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