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Albert Becker

Born: 13th June 1834, Quedlinburg, Germany

Died: 10th January 1899, Berlin, Germany

Nationality: German

Albert Ernst Anton Becker was a German composer and conductor of the Romantic period.

Becker was born in Quedlinburg. In 1853–1856 he studied music composition under Siegfried Dehn in Berlin. He taught on the faculty of the Akademie der Künste where his famous pupils included Johan Halvorsen and Jean Sibelius. In 1889 he was appointed conductor of the Royal cathedral choir in Berlin.

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