also created several works for strings with piano (three quartets and two quintets, and several violin sonatas), works of incidental music and several operas. However, his most-often recorded and played works are several piano sonatinas and numerous works for flute. It is because of these flute works that he was nicknamed "the Beethoven of the flute" during his lifetime. See also Music of Denmark References Some of the information on this page appears on the website of Edition Silvertrust but permission has been granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. External links International Friedrich Kuhlau Society Friedrich Kuhlau Grand String Quartet Op.122 Soundbites and short biography 1786 births 1832 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century Danish composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians Classical musicians with disabilities Composers for piano Danish classical composers Danish classical pianists Danish male classical composers Danish opera composers Danish people of German descent German emigrants to Denmark German classical pianists German male classical composers German opera composers German Romantic composers Male opera composers Naturalised citizens of Denmark People from Uelzen