(b Berlin, 28 Dec 1812; d Dresden, 12 Sept 1877). German cellist, conductor, composer and editor. He held conducting posts in Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Dresden, also teaching at the Leipzig Conservatory and preparing scores for collected editions of Bach, Handel, Mozart and Mendelssohn. His brother Eduard (1802-32), a violinist, founded the Berlin Philharmonic Society in 1826 and was the teacher and friend of Mendelssohn.




