Famous People with Name Friedrich

Friedrich Kiel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Kiel: was a German composer and music teacher. Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the famous scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved. After mentioning Brahms and others, Altmann writes, “He produced a number of chamber works, which . . . need fear no comparison.”

Friedrich Ernst Koch            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Ernst Koch: was a German composer, cellist and teacher. He was born in Berlin and studied cello with Robert Hausmann and composition with Woldemar Bargiel at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. He served as a cellist in the Royal Orchestra of Berlin between 1882 and 1891, after which he accepted a position of music director (Kapellmeister) for the resort town of Baden-Baden. A year later, he returned to Berlin, where he concentrated on composing and teaching, eventually becoming a professor and director of theory at the Musikhochschule where he had studied. Boris Blacher and Paul Kletzki were among his many students.

Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken: was a German composer and conductor. He learned piano as a child and played chamber music in his youth. After moving to Schwerin he studied under Friedrich Lührss, Paul Aron, and George Rettberg. He composed the song Ach, wie wärs möglich dann, which became quite popular and resulted in his being chosen for the court of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.[1] He furthered his studies in 1832 with Joseph Birnbach in Berlin and later with Sechter in Vienna (1941-43), as well as with Halevy and Marco Bordogni in Paris. He held a conducting position at a Stuttgart court theater from 1851 to 1861. He died in Schwerin.

Friedrich August Kummer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich August Kummer: was a violoncellist, pedagogue, and composer. In 1814 he was admitted into the Dresden chapel as an oboist, since there were no violoncello vacancies. In the same year Carl Maria von Weber appointed Kummer as a violoncellist at the Royal Opera House.[2]

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg: was a German music critic, music-theorist and composer. He was friendly and active with many figures of the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Little is known of Marpurg's early life. According to various sources, he studied "philosophy" and music. It is clear that he enjoyed a strong education and was friendly with various leading figures of the Enlightenment, including Winckelmann and Lessing. In 1746, he travelled to Paris as the secretary for a General named either Rothenberg or Bodenberg. There, he became acquainted with important intellectual luminaries, such as the writer and philosopher Voltaire, the mathematician d'Alembert and the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.

Caspar David Friedrich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Caspar David Friedrich: German Romantic movement, of which he is now considered the most important painter.[1] A painter and draughtsman, Friedrich is best known for his later allegorical landscapes, which feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees, and Gothic ruins. His primary interest as an artist was the contemplation of nature, and his often symbolic and anti-classica

Carl Friedrich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carl Friedrich: He was the longest-living member of the research team which performed nuclear research in Germany during the Second World War,

Arne Friedrich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Arne Friedrich: a German football defender. He plays for Hertha Berlin and the German national team.As of September 2008, the Hertha Berlin captain has represented his country on 61 occasions, his debut coming in the 2-2 draw against Bulgaria in Sofia, on August 21, 2002. On December 21, 2004 Friedrich captained Germany to a 5-1 friendly win over Thailand in Bangkok.He was included in the 23-man squad in 2006 World Cup, where Germany finished third. Friedrich started almost every game and was very instrumental in getting Germany to the Third Place match. He is a very versatile player, playing full back, center back, and occasionally a more midfield position. He was also called up to Germany's Euro 2008 squad.

Manuel Friedrich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Manuel Friedrich: a German football defender.He started to play football at the club SG Guldental 07 and transferred to 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 1995, signing his first professional contract with then Second Bundesliga side in the summer of 1999. However, he had to wait until February 26, 2000 to make his Second Bundesliga debut for the club in their home match against Energie Cottbus. He made only five appearances for Mainz 05 in the Second Bundesliga in his first professional season with the club, but was subsequently a regular throughout the following two seasons in which he made a total of 58 Second Bundesliga appearances, also scoring eight league goals for Mainz in the 2001-02 season.

Heike Friedrich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heike Friedrich: is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.She had not lost in a single major international championship in any event when she was defeated by Janet Evans in the 400 m in the Seoul Olympics. Freidrich had already won the 200 m freestyle on the previous day.