Biography of August Eberhard Müller (1767-1817)

13.12.1767

Born in Northeim near Hannover

Composition and organ student of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach in Bückeburg. Autodidactically flute learning.

1786

Plays a flute concerto in Göttingen

1789

Organist at the Ulrichs church in Magdeburg

1794

First flutist of the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig and organist of the Nikolaichurch

20.12.1801

Conducted the premiere of Haydn´s Schöpfung in Leipzig

1804

Thomas cantor (the first one who quits the position voluntarily

1810

Conductor of the court orchestra in Weimar

1816

His method Elementarbuch für Flötenspieler is published

03.12.1817

Dies in Weimar

Further information/Sources:

Adorján, András: Lexikon der Flöte
Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten
1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,
2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
Goldberg, Adolph: Portraits und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten
Celle: Edition Moeck,
1987. - ISBN: 3-87549-028-2
Lorenzo, Leonardo de: My Complete Story of the flute
The instrument - the performer - the music
9. edition Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press,
- ISBN: 0-89672-285-6
Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der Tonkunst
Beilage der Neuen Musikzeitung
Köln: Wilhelm Hassel,
1910.

Last edit 20.12.2013