FERDINAND DAVID

(1810-1871)

Today, Ferdinand David is probably mostly know for his Trombone-concerto, that he wrote in 1837. Since this piece is the standard piece for trombone-auditions in Orchestras, all over the world, all trombone-players know it by heart.

The fact that Mendelssohn appointed him personally as the Konzert-meister of the Gewand-Haus Orchestra in Leipzig, undermines the assumption that he was then (1835) one of Europe’s best violinists.

In his later years he devoted himself thoroughly for teaching violin-playing, and his written violin-school is often, still today, regarded as “the Bible" of romantic violin-playing.

He composed about 50 bigger works, most of them for violin and Orchestra or Piano,

but also the aforementioned Trombone-Concerto, a Bassoon-Concerto, a Clarinet-Concerto and some Lieder. 

Here you can find the complete collection of Ferdinand David's orchestral works;

- In a new, revised edition.