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Johann Heinrich Walch
Johann Heinrich Walch (1776–1855), was a German conductor, chamber musician and choral master at the court of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg. Life Walch acted in various capacities for Augustus, Duke of
Johann Heinrich Walch (1776–1855), was a German conductor, chamber musician and choral master at the court of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg. Life Walch acted in various capacities for Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and after his death for Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the father of Queen Victoria’s husband Albert, Prince Consort. Works Walch composed many well-known marches, some of which have long been wrongly attributed to Beethoven and the Prince Consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Many marches supposedly written by Prince Albert for cavalry regiments are actually by Walch, including the regimental quick march of the Somerset Light Infantry. References Sources * Werner Probst, “Johann Heinrich Walch komponierte den bekannten Trauermarsch von Beethoven” in Mitteilungsblatt des Arbeitskreises Militärmusik (German Society for Military Studies, 21st Year, No. 2, June 1998), pp. 98–105 External links * Beethoven Funeral March No 1 played during * Beethoven Funeral March No 1 played during * Beethoven Funeral March No 1 played during
- Era
- Early Romantic
- Lived
- 1775–1855
- From
- Germany
- Born in
- Großneuhausen · died Gotha
- Known as
- composer, conductor