Ernesto Köhler
Ernesto Köhler (4 December 1849 – 17 March 1907) was an Italian flautist and composer. He was considered one of the best flautists of his era. Born in Modena, Köhler was taught the flute by his father, Venceslau Joseph Köhler, who was the first flute of the Duke of Modena's orchestra. He moved to Vienna in 1869 as a flautist, and then became a member of the orchestra of the Imperial Opera in Saint Petersburg beginning in 1871. Noted as a composer for flute, Köhler wrote over 100 works for the instrument: études, duets, and solos. He also produced an opera and several ballets. He is well known among flute players for "Flöten-Schule" (c. 1880), his popular method for learning the flute, and for Progress in Flute Playing (his Opus 33, published in the 1880s), a series of three progressive instructional books for the flute player. Köhler also had ties to the mandolin community; he is credited with writing an early mandolin method, Mandolinen Schule, self instructor for the mandolin, first published in 1887. His mandolin method is thought to be the first mandolin method published in Russian. His publisher was Julius Heinrich Zimmermann. Ernesto Köhler died in Saint Petersburg on 17 March 1907.
Genre: italian-romanticism, late-romantic-era
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- 12 Studies, Bk. 2 - Study
- Concert Duets, Op. 67
- Study in G
- Nu tändas tusen juleljus
- Virtuosic Etudes: Allegretto Vivo, Op 33 #8
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): VIII. Abendsonne
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): VII. Im Silberkranze
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): VI. Geburtstagsmarsch
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): V. Trost
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): IV. Hochzeitszug
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): III. O schone Maiennacht
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): II. Rustiges Schaffen
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Op. 202 (arr. E. Kohler): I. Spiel und Tanz
- The Nightingale Polka
- Concerto in G Major, Op. 97: III. Allegretto moderato (Arr. F. Falanga)
- Concerto in G Major, Op. 97: II. Andante molto sustenuto (Arr. F. Falanga)
- Concerto in G Major, Op. 97: I. Allegro giusto (Arr. F. Falanga)
- Danza campestre, Op. 43 (Arr. F. Falanga)
- Study in G
- Valse des Fleurs, Op. 87
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