Feustking, Friedrich Christian, 1678-1739
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Name (Latin)
Feustking, Friedrich Christian, 1678-1739
Other forms of name
Feustking, Fr. Ch. (Friedrich Christian), 1678-1739
Date of birth
1678
Date of death
1739-02-03
Occupation
Librettists
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
New Grove dict. of opera (Feustking, Friedrich Christian
b. 1678, Stellau, nr Itzehoe
d. 2/3/1739, Tolk, nr Schleswig
German librettist)
Other Identifiers
Wikipedia description:
Friedrich Christian Feustking (1678 – 3 February 1739) was a German theologian, poet and a librettist of operas and Singspiele for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. Feustking studied theology at the University of Wittenberg and then moved to Hamburg in 1702 where he taught privately. He also wrote, and provided three libretti for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in 1704 through early 1705. In 1705 he was appointed minister in Tolk near Schleswig. In the summer of 1706 he moved to Italy. He died in Tolk on 3 February 1739.
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