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Friedrich Kuhlau was a German-Danish composer who was prominent during the Golden Age. He is particularly renowned for his piano compositions, especially “Elverhøj,” created in 1828. Although he was affectionately referred to as the “Beethoven of the Flute”, Kuhlau never played the instrument himself, but composed many works for the flute. Kuhlau faced adversity throughout his life, losing an eye, fleeing to Copenhagen to escape Napoleon’s army, poverty, losing his parents, then nearly all of his life’s work in a fire, to die young of health implications from that same fire.

These three used books, written in German, are bound to fill in all the gaps in the fascinating life of Friedrich Kuhlau.

Friedrich Kuhlau im Spiegel seiner Flötenwerke – MEHRING, Arndt – published by Musikverlag Zimmermann, Frankfurt, 1992 – 190 pages.
Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) Komponist aus Uelzen  – HANSEN, Bernhard, printed by the town of Uelzen in  2007, 28 pages.
Friedrich Kuhlau / von Carl Thrane – THRANE, Carl – Reprint – Buren : Frits Knuf, 1979. – 110 pages. Reprint of the edition by Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1886.

The three books are in used but good condition (see photos).

What a great opportunity to snap up some late winter or even early spring reading.

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