Friedrich von Westhoff
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Friedrich von Westhoff (Lübeck, 1611 - Dresden, 1694) was a Swedish officer who remained in Germany and became a trombonist at the Dresden court. His son Johann Paul von Westhoff (b. 1656) became a distinguished pupil of Heinrich Schütz (d. 1672).[1]
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- ^ Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Vollerthun-Zyganow Friedrich Blume - 1968 "Westhoff war der Sohn des Kammermusikus Friedrich von Westhoff (1611-1694), der aus Lübeck gestammt haben soll, schwed. ... 1674 trat er als Violinist in die Dresdner Hofkapelle ein, der er mit einer von 200 zu 400 Talern aufsteigenden "
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- 1611 births
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