Friedrich Ruthardt

Friedrich Ruthardt (9 December 1802 – 23 May 1862) was a German oboist and composer. He played in the Stuttgart court orchestra, and composed chorales as well as pieces for the oboe and the zither.^[1] One of the best-known 19th-century oboe concertos, by Bernhard Molique, was likely written for Ruthardt, and first performed at Stuttgart in 1829.^[2]

Two of his sons were also musicians: Julius Ruthardt (1841–1909), a violinist; and Adolf Ruthardt (1849–1934), a music teacher and composer.^[1]

References

1. Theodore Baker and Alfred Remy, ed. (1919). "Ruthardt, Friedrich". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (3rd ed.). p. 798.
2. Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes (2004). The Oboe. Yale University Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-300-09317-9.