Friedrich Dotzauer

Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer ( born January 20, 1783 in Häselrieth in Hildburghausen, † March 6, 1860 in Dresden ) was a German cellist and composer.

Life

As the son of a church musician, he learned several instruments, including piano, violin, double bass, horn and clarinet. Theoretical music lessons received from the local church organist Friedrich Dotzauer called Ruttinger, an acquaintance of Johann Sebastian Bach. First exercises on the cello made ​​Dotzauer under the guidance of the court trumpeter.

To deepen his training on the cello, Dotzauer took from 1799 to 1801 in Meiningen lessons with Johann Jacob Krieg, a pupil of Jean -Louis Duport. He then took a job in the chapel Meiningen. In 1805 Dotzauer moved to Leipzig orchestra in which he played until 1811 cello. 1806 Friedrich Dotzauer visited Berlin, where he met Bernhard Romberg and deepened his studies on the cello with him.

In 1811 Dotzauer received a prestigious location at the Dresden Hoforchster, where he remained until his retirement in 1850. From 1821 he also held the post of first solo cellist of the orchestra. In his travels Dotzauer concerted at many significant places in Germany and the Netherlands. On December 7, 1811 Friedrich Dotzauer's second son Carl Ludwig was born in Dresden, who also learned under the guidance of his father play on the cello and got a job at the court chapel Kassel. Other important student Friedrich Dotzauer were Friedrich August Kummer, Karl Schuberth, Karl Drechsler and Carl Ludwig Voigt.

As a solo cellist in the court orchestra in Dresden Friedrich Dotzauer rose to become a respected musician of his time and toured through Germany and the Netherlands. While most of his compositions were forgotten, are Dotzauer teaching pieces and etudes for the lessons on the cello still of great importance.

After ten years in retirement Friedrich Dotzauer died at the age of 77 years on March 6, 1860 in Dresden.

Works

In addition to his play on the cello Friedrich Dotzauer was considered a well-trained composer. He wrote many works of various genres, including opera, overtures, symphonies, a Mass and several chamber music pieces. While these works are largely forgotten, his compositions for cello could get their popularity. These works consist of nine concerts, three Concertinos, two sonatas with bass accompaniment, variations, divertissements, potpourris and a large number of duets. Still some of these works will be used for lessons on the cello.

For training on the cello especially Dotzauer textbooks are still relevant today. These include two cello schools, one of which appeared the first by Schott in Mainz and the second for the initial lessons with Haslinger in Vienna. In addition there are various etudes to Dotzauer textbook, including the 18 exercices Dune difficulté progressive pour le violoncello seul op 120 for Beginners and the 24 daily trials for obtaining the virtuosity op 155b. The latter are often considered the best teaching pieces Dotzauer called. In addition, Friedrich Dotzauer published the School of Flageolettton op 147