Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (23 January 1813 in Cologne – 17 August 1887 in Berlin) was a German church musician and music researcher.
Compositions edit
- Choir for The Frogs by Aristophanes 1842
- Preußens Fest-Herolde. Eine Cantate zum 15ten Oktober 1844, for male choirs and orchestra
- Der Zauberring, after a poem by Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, for male choirs and orchestra, 1844
Further reading edit
- L. B. (Ludwig Bischoff), Franz Commer, in Niederrheinische Musikzeitung, Jg. 8, Nr. 18 vom 28. April 1860, pp. 137–139 and Nr. 19 dated 5 May 1860, pp. 145–149 (Numerized)
- Robert Eitner (1903), "Commer, Franz", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 47, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 508–509
- Harald Kümmerling, Franz Commers Abschriften älterer Musikwerke, Cologne 1973 (Beiträge zur rheinischen Musikgeschichte, vol. 100)
- Briefwechsel Robert und Clara Schumanns mit Korrespondenten in Berlin 1832 bis 1883.[1] edited by Klaus Martin Kopitz, Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik (Schumann-Briefedition, series II, vol. 17), Cologne: Dohr 2015, pp. 111–116, ISBN 978-3-86846-028-5
References edit
External links edit
- Literature by and about Franz Commer in the German National Library catalogue
- Works by and about Franz Commer in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
- Deutsche Biographie
- Franz Commer discography at Discogs
