Carel Anton Fodor or Carolus Antonius Fodor (12 April 1768 – 22 February 1846) was a Dutch

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, and the most prominent composer of his generation in the Netherlands, writing in the manner of

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. He was born in

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. He accompanied his older brother, Carolus Emanuel, to Paris at the age of thirteen, to complete his musical studies, perhaps visiting Russia, but returning to Amsterdam in 1790. Concertising in Amsterdam and

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, he built a solid reputation in Dutch musical circles as a pianistic virtuoso. In 1798 he married Geertruida Tersteeg. At the death of

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in 1801 he was named conductor of the orchestra of

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, which he was to lead for twenty-five years. In the following year he was nominated to the position of the orchestra Eruditio Musica. In 1808

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appointed him to head the , precursor of the , the

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. In 1811 he established, with

Johann Wilhelm Wilms Johann Wilhelm Wilms (March 30, 1772 (baptized) – July 19, 1847) was a Dutch-German composer, best known for setting the poem ''Wien Neêrlands Bloed'' to music, which served as the Dutch national anthem from 1817 to 1932. Biography Wilms was ...

and some others the series of Tuesday concerts. He died, aged 77, in

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. Anton Fodor published three

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(Opp. 5, 12 and 19), eight piano

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s, and a considerable output of

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in which the piano plays the leading role, as well as songs on Dutch texts. His opera, , has been lost.List of works in Fellerer 1980:67 note 74.

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* 1768 births 1846 deaths 19th-century composers Dutch composers Dutch pianists Dutch conductors (music) Dutch male conductors (music) Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Venlo Artists from Limburg (Netherlands) 19th-century Dutch male musicians {{Netherlands-composer-stub