Frederik Philip Carl August Barth
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Frederik Philip Carl August Barth (1775 – December 22, 1804) was a German-Danish virtuoso oboist and composer.[1][2]
He was son of oboist Christian Samuel Barth and brother of oboist and composer Christian Frederik Barth.
Born in Kassel, Barth was trained by his father and played solo at a concert at the Royal Theater as a 14-year-old in 1789 and joined the chapel in 1793. He and his father directed in the years 1794-97 concerts in the Holstein Dramatic Society, which included various compositions by him.
