Christian Samuel Barth (Bach's Pupil)

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Christian Samuel Barth (Bach’s Pupil)
Born: January 11, 1735 - Glauchau, Saxony, Germany Died: July 8, 1809
Christian Samuel Barth was a German oboist. He attended the Thomasschule in Leipzig (c1748-1750), where he was taught by J.S. Bach, and was later active as an orchestral player aqd soloist at Rudolstadt, Weimar, Hannover, Kassel, and Copenhagen. His two sons, Philip (1774-1804) and Christian Frederik (1787-1861), were also oboists.

Source: Oxford Composer Companions J.S. Bach (Editor: Malcolm Boyd, OUP, 1999) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (January 2011)
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