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Johann Altenburg
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Johann Ernst Altenburg (15 June 1734 – 14 May 1801) was a German composer, organist and trumpeter. As a composer he is most well known for his six harpsichord sonatas. Altenburg achieved musicological importance through his publication Versuch einer Anleitung zur heroisch-musikalischen Trompeter- und Paukerkunst (An Essay on the Introduction to Heroic and Musical Trumpeters' and Kettledrummers' Art) (Halle, 1795). These can be considered the oldest printed German trumpet studies and are thus the most meaningful resource of old trumpet technique. At the time of the printing, the greater part of the text had been in development for about 25 years. An advertisement for the publication appears in Johann Adam Hiller's "Musikalischen Nachrichten" in 1770. The earliest known reference to the manuscript is found in a letter of Altenburg's from February 1767.[1] User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.