Kaspar Johann Kummer1 (1795–1870) was a German flautist, professor and composer.
Kummer was born on 10 December 1795 in the Erlau district of Schleusingen, Thuringia.2 He taught himself the flute while learning violin, horn, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, viola, cello, and double bass.
Kummer was taught by a Schleusingen musician, Neumeister for a year, then took training in music theory from the Cantor of Schleusingen, Gottlob Abraham Stäps. From 1813, he worked as a flautist at the chapel of the Duke Erst I of Coburg.3
His compositions, numbering over 150,4 include flute concertos, quartets and quintets for flutes and strings, and duos and trios for flutes; he also wrote a flute method book.
He had several students, including Friedrich Kiel5 and Felix Draeseke.6
He died on 21 May 1870, in Coburg.3
Notes
Notes
- Sometimes Caspar or Gaspard. Spelling, in publications and otherwise, would often vary.
- Fürstenau, Moritz (1912). "Kummer: Kaspar K.". Allegemeine Deutsche Biographie. By von Liliencron, Rochus. Vol. 17. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 371. (In German.)
- Gurlitt, Wilibald (1959). "Kummer, Kaspar". Riemann Musik Lexikon. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne. p. 981. (In German.)
- "List of works by Kaspar Kummer". imslp.org. Retrieved 13 Dec 2025.
- "Friedrich Kiel (Obituary)". The Monthly Musical Record. XV (178). October 1, 1885. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- "Nachlass Felix Draeseke" (in German). SLUB Dresden. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
External links
External links
- Free scores by Kaspar Kummer at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) (compositions, partial worklist)