Friedrich August Belcke

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Friedrich August Belcke (1795–1874) was a celebrated trombonist in Berlin in the 19th century.

In 1815, after two solos with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Belcke had a 30-year career as a trombone soloist.

In 1819 a critic admired a concert given by Belcke in Leipzig for its "clarity and precision, distinctness and pleasing sound, plus something truly noble in the imposing trombonistic figurations, as well as astonishing skill in that which is not idiomatic to the instrument - for example, rapid passages, cantabile, trills, etc." [1]

The other well-known trombonist of his time was Carl Traugott Queisser.

References

Rasmussen, M: 'Two early nineteenth-century trombone virtuosi', Brass Quarterly, 5, No. 1 (1961)
Herbert, Trevor: The Trombone, Yale University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-300-10095-7 pp144–145

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 1077542 LCCN: nr94004269 ISNI: 0000 0000 8191 0778 GND: 128931930

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Name	Belcke, Friedrich August
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Short description	German musician
Date of birth	1795
Place of birth
Date of death	1874
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