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Forstmeyer, Andreas Ehrenfried, 1732-1787

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Personal name headingForstmeyer, Andreas Ehrenfried, 1732-1787
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Variant(s)Forstmayer, Andreas Ehrenfried, 1732-1787
Forstmayr, Andreas Ehrenfried, 1732-1787
Forstmajer, Andreas Ehrenfried, 1732-1787
Birth date1732-04-28
Death date1787-06-13
Place of birthWeissenburg in Bayern (Germany)
Place of deathKarlsruhe (Germany)
Profession or occupationComposers Violinists Violists Oboe players Horn players
Found inForstmeyer, Andreas Ehrenfried. Triosonate h-Moll für Flöte, Violine und Basso, 2017: title page (Andreas Ehrenfried Forstmeyer) page viii (Andreas Ehrenfried Forstmeyer (1732-1787); son of a town musician in Weissenburg in Bayern; apprenticed with his farther from 1743-1748; subsequently moved to Karlsruhe to becom a court musician, beginning as an oboist "and lackey" in 1751, a horn player beginning in 1753, and ultimately a violinist and violist beginning in 1770; two of his compositions were published (in 1770 and 1779); additional chamber works and an incomplete symphony survive in manuscript)
RISM WWW site, February 14, 2018 (Forstmeyer, Andreas Ehrenfried; lists 11 manuscripts/autographs and 1 publication; note some of the manuscripts bear the alternate spellings Forstmayr or Forstmajer; or, in 2 cases, Forstmayer added in pencil "by other hand")
DNB in VIAF, February 14, 2018 (Forstmeyer, Andreas Ehrenfried, 1732-1787; musician, hornist, servant)
German Wikipedia, February 14, 2018 (Andreas Ehrenfried Forstmeyer; born April 28, 1732, Weissenburg; died June 13, 1787, Karlsruhe; musician and composer; played horn, violin, and viola)
Not found inGrove music online, February 14, 2018; MGG, 2.[, neubearb.] Ausg.