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Förster, (Emanuel) Aloys

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Förster, (Emanuel) Aloys (1748-1823)

German oboist and composer. He wrote a treatise on thorough-bass. He was a prolific composer of piano and chamber pieces. Beethoven acknowledged his debt to Förster in the composition of string quartets.

After two years as a military bandsman, 1766-68, he lived as a freelance teacher and composer, first in Prague, Bohemia (Czech Republic), then from 1779 in Vienna, Austria.

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48 string quartets; four string quintets; six piano quartets, and other chamber music; piano concertos, sonatas, variations and other pieces.
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