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
''The Frogs'' ( grc-gre, Βάτραχοι, Bátrakhoi, Frogs; la, Ranae, often abbreviated ''Ran.'' or ''Ra.'') is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in ...
'' 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
Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (12 April 1803 – 23 March 1869) was a German dialectologist, folklorist, folk-song collector, poet, and composer. Born in Waldbröl, he was one of six children born to politician and jurist Jakob Sa ...
, 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, and Nr. 19 dated 5 May 1860,
(Numerized)*
* 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''.
''Briefwechsel Robert und Clara Schumanns mit Korrespondenten in Berlin 1832 bis 1883''
on WorldCat edited by Klaus Martin Kopitz, Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik (''Schumann-Briefedition'', series II, vol. 17), Cologne: Dohr 2015, ,
References
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Deutsche Biographie
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1813 births
1887 deaths
German composers
19th-century German musicologists
Musicians from Cologne