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Friedrich KULHAU (1786-1832)
 Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (September 11, 1786 – March 12, 1832) was a German-Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods.
Born in Germany, he studied the piano in Hamburg. He lost his right eye at the age of seven when he slipped on ice and fell into the street. His father, grandfather, and uncle were military oboists. Even though Kuhlau was born to a poor family, his parents managed to pay for pianoforte lessons.
Beethoven, whom Kuhlau knew personally, exerted the greatest influence upon his music. Interestingly, few of Beethoven’s contemporaries showed greater understanding or ability to assimilate what he was doing than Kuhlau. Certainly with regard to form, Kuhlau was clearly able to make sense and use what Beethoven was doing in his Middle Period.
He wrote a piano concerto, a string quartet, several works for piano which included all the current genres of the day: sonatas, sonatinas, waltzes, rondos and variations. He also created several works for the strings (three quartets and two quintets, and several violin sonatas), works of incidental music and several operas. However, his most-often recorded and played works are several piano sonatinas and numerous works for flute. It is because of these flute works that he was nicknamed "the Beethoven of the flute" during his lifetime. [Biography extract from Wikipedia] Please find below Arrangements of Friedrich KUHLAU's Pieces solely published by FLEX Editions.
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