Background
Agthe was born in Ballenstedt to Karl Christian Agthe, a court organist and composer.
Agthe was born in Ballenstedt to Karl Christian Agthe, a court organist and composer.
He studied under Michael Gotthard Fischer in Erfurt, and in 1810 became a music teacher in Leipzig and a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
In 1823, he began teaching using Logier"s method in Dresden. From 1826 in Posen (where he taught Theodor Kullak). From 1830 in Breslau.
And from 1832 in Berlin, where he directed a music school for 13 years.