Theodore Oesten

Theodore Oesten (also Theodor in German) (December 31, 1813 – March 16, 1870) was a German composer, musician, and music teacher.[1]

Oesten was born in Berlin. He learned to play wind and string instruments from the Stadtmusikus in Fürstenwalde (a small town outside Berlin). At the age of nineteen he studied composition with Böhmer, Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen, Schneider, and A. W. Bach in Berlin. Oesten is perhaps best known for his easy to play piano compositions, including transcriptions of operatic works, written in the sentimental style of his day. He died in his native city of Berlin. His son Max also became a composer.[2]

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Partial List of piano compositions

(Note: Items without reference numbers are from a list at Piano Master*Works.

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Notes

  1. ^ "Oesten, Theodor." Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. J. A. Fuller Maitland, M.A., F.S.A. Vol. 3 (M-P). Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1916.
  2. ^ Ibid.
  3. ^ http://Webapp1.Dlib.Indiana.Edu/Sheetmusic/Devincent.Do?&Id=Ll-Sdv-132002
  4. ^ a b c http://Memory.Loc.Gov/Cgi-Bin/Query/S?Ammem/Mussm:@Filreq(@Or(@Field(Author+@Od1(Oesten,+Theodor+))+@Field(Other+@Od1(Oesten,+Theodor+)))+@Field(Collid+Sm1870))
  5. ^ Music Library-19th Century Am. Sheet Music Digitization Project - Browse
  6. ^ Gaetano Donizetti, La fille du régiment
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ Friedrich von Flotow, Marthe

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