C.G. Belcke

[eschiss1]

mundane topic but does anyone know any music by a flutist-composer Christian Gottlieb Belcke?

(Quiet here? Unusually, unusually quiet. If this fails to post one shall know why.)

[Alan Howe]

It's the Xmas season, Eric.

Best wishes, by the way.

[eschiss1]

Yes, it is, very true. And thank you. And happy Boxing Day, if that tradition is still practiced.

[jerfilm]

Gentlemen, he sez with tongue in cheek (paraphrasing certain uno-named Administrative Officials) , let's stick to the topic, please.......

Happy Holidays to everyone from cold, snowy Minnesota.  Soon to be off to sunny California....

(Never could follow orders.......)

Jerry

[Alan Howe]

Anyway, I don't know Belcke. Grove has only the following:

Belcke, Christian Gottlieb
(b.Lucka, Altenberg, 1796 ; d.Lucka, 1875)
Ger. flautist, for many years in Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch. Comp. fl. concs. and fantasias.

[eschiss1]

Thanks! I see some slightly longer biographies online at Grandemusica and elsewhere, actually, and a scanned-in contemporary review of a published work too, but no scanned-in music by him yet nor I think any recordings, so having seen a work of his mentioned in HMB, I was (yes, trainspotter syndrome, yes, yes- I am an ASpie, I've mentioned this ) curious.  Hrm...
Cheers!

[Alan Howe]

You are a highly-valued and much-respected member of our online community, Eric. So keep on trainspotting, because you'll continue to uncover untold musical riches, I'm sure...

[eschiss1]

  Thank you much.