Background
Kummer was born 10 December 1795 in Erlau in Thuringia (in Sankt Kilian) He taught himself the flute while learning violin, horn, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, cello and double bassoon.
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Caspar Kummer
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Kummer was taught by Neumeister for a year, then took training in music theory from the Cantor of Schleusingen, Gottlob Abraham Stäps. His published compositions ran to over 150 opus numbers, mostly involving the flute, but also including lieder, et cetera He also had several students, including Friedrich Kiel and Felix Draeseke.
He died in May 1870, probably 21 May, in Coburg.
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Germany