Carl Ferdinand Pohl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Ferdinand Pohl

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1819

Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1887

Profession: composer, librarian, archivist, musicologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Carl Ferdinand Pohl

  • Anton Carl Ferdinand Pohl (6 September 1819 - 28 April 1887) was a German-Austrian music historian, archivist, and composer. Pohl was born in Darmstadt.
  • He attended high school in his hometown and studied to be an engraver.
  • At the same time he took music lessons with Christian Heinrich Rinck.
  • In 1841 he went to Vienna and continued his education with Simon Sechter.
  • From 1849 to 1855, he worked as an organist at the Protestant church in Gumpendorf.
  • He then traveled.
  • In 1866 he took over the post of archivist of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. As a music writer, he produced books about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn.
  • Among his friends was Johannes Brahms, whom he encouraged to compose the Haydn Variations (Op.
  • 56). He died in Vienna.
  • His estate is located at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.

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