Johann Hermann Kufferath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German composer and conductor
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Place of Birth: Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Johann Hermann Kufferath
- Johann Hermann Kufferath (12 May 1797 in Mülheim an der Ruhr – 28 July 1864 in Wiesbaden) was a German composer. He was born as the eldest son of watchmaker, Carl Kufferath and his wife Catharina née Horst, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
- He and six of his brothers possessed an unusual musical talent, and they were referred to by contemporaries as the "musical Pleiades" (a constellation of 7 bright stars). A pupil of Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann, he was from 1823 music director in Bielefeld and from 1830, the municipal director of music in Utrecht.
- He wrote cantatas, overtures, motets and a chant textbook.
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