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Frederic Ernest Fesca
Person · male · Kingdom of Prussia · Magdeburg · born 1789 · died 1826 · recording since 2003
German musician and composer
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Also known as Friedrich Ernst Fesca · フリードリヒ・フェスカ
Timeline
9 events▣ Album 6◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1780s
1820s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Cantemire Overture
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography274 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1361801773
Biography
Friedrich Ernst Fesca (15 February 1789 – 24 May 1826) was a German violinist and composer of instrumental music of the late Classical and early Romantic periods.
Life and career
He was born at Magdeburg. His father, Johann Peter August Fesca, was the market judge of Magdeburg and active in the musical part in the city; he devoted much of his time to the practice of the violoncello and piano. His mother was a singer educated under Johann Adam Hiller and Marianne Podleska; she had been a professional vocalist in early life.
Friedrich received his early musical education in Magdeburg and completed his studies at Leipzig under Thomaskantor August Eberhard Müller. When he was but four years of age, he could perform pieces of moderate difficulty upon the piano, and began the study of the violin. At the early age of fifteen he appeared before the public with several concertos for the violin, which were received with general applause, and resulted in his being appointed leading violinist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. This position he occupied till 1806, when he became concertmaster to the duke Peter I of Oldenburg. In 1808 he was appointed solo-violinist by King Jerome of Westphalia at state theater of Cassel, and there he remained till the end of the French occupation (1814), when he went to Vienna, and soon afterwards to Karlsruhe, having been appointed concertmaster to the grand duke of Baden.
His failing health prevented him from enjoying the numerous and well-deserved triumphs he owed to his art, and in 1826 he died of consumption at the early age of thirty-seven.
Fesca's son Alexander also achieved some note as a composer.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -177 | 3.7th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (6 release groups · 6 studio albums)
Albums · 6
Symphonies 2 & 3 / Cantemire Overture
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:01:02
1Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 10: I. Poco adagio – Allegro molto assai8:532Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 10: II. Andante con moto7:103Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 10: III. Scherzo. Presto3:424Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 10: IV. Finale. Allegro molto assai5:405Symphony no. 3 in D major, op. 13: I. Poco adagio – Allegro molto10:106Symphony no. 3 in D major, op. 13: II. Adagio ma non troppo7:487Symphony no. 3 in D major, op. 13: III. Scherzo. Presto3:058Symphony no. 3 in D major, op. 13: IV. Finale. Allegro molto7:219Cantemire, op. 19: Overture7:132006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:13:00
1String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: I. Allegro8:112String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: II. Adagio6:383String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: III. Menuetto2:304String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: IV. Rondo6:265String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: I. Allegro8:096String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: II. Andante con moto4:357String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: III. Scherzando2:408String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: IV. Allegro non troppo8:099String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: I. Allegro5:5910String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: II. Andantino7:1611String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: III. Poco presto5:0012String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: IV. Rondo7:27Symphony no. 1 / Three Overtures
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 55:48
1Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 6: I. Andante – Allegro13:522Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 6: II. Andante con moto8:223Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 6: III. Menuetto. Allegro2:554Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 6: IV. Finale: Allegro7:065Overture no. 1 in D major, op. 416:396Overture no. 2 in C major, op. 438:177Omar and Leïla: Overture8:372009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:09:01
1Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 37: I. Allegro6:292Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 37: II. Andantino5:543Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 37: III. Scherzo. Vivace5:494Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 37: IV. Rondo: Allegro5:555Flute Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 38: I. Allegro6:456Flute Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 38: II. Poco adagio3:337Flute Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 38: III. Scherzo. Vivace ma non troppo5:278Flute Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 38: IV. Finale. Allegro6:209Flute Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 40: I. Allegro7:1910Flute Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 40: II. Andantino4:2511Flute Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 40: III. Scherzando. Vivace5:1112Flute Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 40: IV. Finale. Vivace5:54Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 3:26:19
Disc 11String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: I. Allegro10:522String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: II. Adagio7:043String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: III. Menuetto3:244String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1 no. 1: IV. Rondo7:445String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: I. Allegro10:436String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: II. Andante con moto4:347String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: III. Scherzando2:228String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 no. 2: IV. Allegro non troppo10:529Potpourri no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 118:21Disc 21String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: I. Allegro6:282String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: II. Andantino6:253String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: III. Poco presto3:504String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, op. 1 no. 3: IV. Rondo7:455String Quartet no. 7 in A minor, op. 3 no. 1: I. Allegro6:036String Quartet no. 7 in A minor, op. 3 no. 1: II. Andante con moto4:267String Quartet no. 7 in A minor, op. 3 no. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegro4:028String Quartet no. 7 in A minor, op. 3 no. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro molto5:339String Quartet no. 8 in D major, op. 3 no. 2: I. Allegro moderato8:3910String Quartet no. 8 in D major, op. 3 no. 2: II. Scherzo. Presto – Trio3:1911String Quartet no. 8 in D major, op. 3 no. 2: III. Andante con moto4:2012String Quartet no. 8 in D major, op. 3 no. 2: IV. Finale. Presto4:04Disc 31String Quartet no. 13 in D minor, op. 12: I. Allegro moderato10:122String Quartet no. 13 in D minor, op. 12: II. Larghetto5:453String Quartet no. 13 in D minor, op. 12: III. Menuetto7:454String Quartet no. 13 in D minor, op. 12: IV. Finale. Allegretto8:305String Quartet no. 15 in D major, op. 34: I. Allegro6:346String Quartet no. 15 in D major, op. 34: II. Andantino4:597String Quartet no. 15 in D major, op. 34: III. Scherzo. Vivace3:598String Quartet no. 15 in D major, op. 34: IV. Finale. Allegro5:279String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 3 no. 3: I. Allegro6:5810String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 3 no. 3: II. Adagio4:5811String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 3 no. 3: III. Scherzo. Presto4:5112String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 3 no. 3: IV. Finale. Allegro molto5:31Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 32 tracks · 3:53:35
Disc 11String Quartet in B minor, op. 2 no. 1: I. Allegro moderato10:542String Quartet in B minor, op. 2 no. 1: II. Poco adagio5:353String Quartet in B minor, op. 2 no. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegro4:214String Quartet in B minor, op. 2 no. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro6:235String Quartet in G minor, op. 2 no. 2: I. Allegro7:326String Quartet in G minor, op. 2 no. 2: II. Siciliano. Andantino3:357String Quartet in G minor, op. 2 no. 2: III. Menuetto. Un poco allegro3:028String Quartet in G minor, op. 2 no. 2: IV. Finale. Andante con moto8:529String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 3: I. Allegro10:3010String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 3: II. Andante4:2611String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 3: III. Scherzando. Presto2:2312String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 2 no. 3: IV. Rondo. Un poco allegretto7:00Disc 21String Quartet in F minor, op. 7 no. 1: I. Allegro10:432String Quartet in F minor, op. 7 no. 1: II. Larghetto con moto8:363String Quartet in F minor, op. 7 no. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegro5:474String Quartet in F minor, op. 7 no. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro7:345String Quartet in E minor, op. 7 no. 2: I. Allegro9:196String Quartet in E minor, op. 7 no. 2: II. Adagio7:187String Quartet in E minor, op. 7 no. 2: III. Scherzando. Vivace5:278String Quartet in E minor, op. 7 no. 2: IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito9:34Disc 31String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 14: I. Allegro12:472String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 14: II. Adagio non troppo7:083String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 14: III. Scherzando8:024String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 14: IV. Rondo. Un poco allegretto11:04Disc 41String Quartet in C minor, op. 4: I. Poco adagio – Allegro11:272String Quartet in C minor, op. 4: II. Adagio6:563String Quartet in C minor, op. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto3:204String Quartet in C minor, op. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro molto6:345String Quartet in C major, op. 36: I. Allegro10:466String Quartet in C major, op. 36: II. Siciliano. Andante4:157String Quartet in C major, op. 36: III. Menuetto. Molto moderato4:488String Quartet in C major, op. 36: IV. Finale. Vivace7:37
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Frederic Ernest Fesca head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | -177 | 3.7th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6d4944ef-2847-4523-bb9f-38f39164cc3adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6d4944ef-2847-4523-bb9f-38f39164cc3acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325731seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ernst_Fescabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q325731 · MusicBrainz: 6d4944ef-2847-4523-bb9f-38f39164cc3a
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