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Franz Commer

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Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (23 January 1813 in Cologne – 17 August 1887 in Berlin) was a German church musician and music researcher.

Compositions

  • Choir for The Frogs by Aristophanes 1842
  • Preußens Fest-Herolde. Eine Cantate zum 15ten Oktober 1844, for male choirs and orchestra
  • Der Zauberring, after a poem by Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, for male choirs and orchestra, 1844

Further reading

  • L. B. (Ludwig Bischoff), Franz Commer, in Niederrheinische Musikzeitung, Jg. 8, Nr. 18 vom 28. April 1860, pp. 137–139 and Nr. 19 dated 5 May 1860, pp. 145–149 (Numerized)
  • Robert Eitner (1903), "Commer, Franz", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 47, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 508–509
  • Harald Kümmerling, Franz Commers Abschriften älterer Musikwerke, Cologne 1973 (Beiträge zur rheinischen Musikgeschichte, vol. 100)
  • Briefwechsel Robert und Clara Schumanns mit Korrespondenten in Berlin 1832 bis 1883.[1] edited by Klaus Martin Kopitz, Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik (Schumann-Briefedition, series II, vol. 17), Cologne: Dohr 2015, pp. 111–116, ISBN 978-3-86846-028-5

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