Johann Peter Heuschkel (4 January 1773 – 5 December 1853) was a German

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, music teacher and composer. Heuschkel was born in Harras near Eisfeld. From 1792 he was oboist and later also organist in Hildburghausen. He is best remembered for being the teacher of

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(1796). He also taught music to the children of Duke Frederic. In 1818 he became court music teacher at Biebrich, where in later years he taught his grandson Wilhelm Dilthey. As a composer, Heuschkel wrote mostly wind music, oboe concertos, piano sonatas, and songs. He died, aged 80, in Biebrich.

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Biography at Verlag Dohr
(German) * 1773 births 1853 deaths German Romantic composers German classical oboists German male oboists Composers for piano German classical organists German male classical organists 18th-century German musicians {{Germany-composer-stub