Carl Ferdinand Becker
Karl Ferdinand Becker, was a German writer on music, composer and an organist.
Biography
Becker was the son of physician and writer Gottfried Wilhelm Becker. He attended the Thomasschule in Leipzig in his early years, where his teachers Johann Gottfried Schicht and Friedrich Schneider trained him in music. He made his debut as a pianist at 14. From 1820 to 1833, he was a violinist in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. In 1825, he became an organist in the Peterskirche and then in 1837 at the St. Nicholas Church. In 1846, he became an instructor of organ and music history at the University of Music and Theatre at Leipzig. He was one of the founders of the Leipzig Bach Gesellschaft in 1850.Works
His works on the history of music place him in the same rank with Raphael Georg Kiesewetter and Carl von Winterfeld. Among his works are:- Rathgeber für Organisten
- Systematisch-chrologische Darstellung der musikalischen Litteratur
- Die Hausmusik in Deutschland im 16. 17. und 18. Jahrhundert
- Die Tonkünstler des 19. Jahrhunderts
- Die Tonwerke des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, an index of musical works published in the 16th and 17th centuries
- Lieder und Weisen vergangener Jahrhunderte