1778–1813

Introduction

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Born: Feb­ru­ary 28, 1778, Neu­haus­en, Erz­ge­bir­ge, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: May 27, 1813, Ber­lin, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Alter Drei­fal­tig­keits-Fried­hof Hirsch­el­stras­se, in front of Pots­dam­er Bahn­hof in cen­tral Ber­lin (GPS co­ord­in­ates un­known).

Biography

Flemming stu­died me­di­cine at Wit­ten­berg (1796–1800), Je­na, Vi­en­na and Tri­este.

He prac­ticed as a phy­si­cian in Ber­lin un­til his death.

Musically, he is main­ly re­mem­bered for his set­ting of Hor­ace’s ode be­gin­ning In­te­ger Vit­ae, from which the tune Flem­ming is adapt­ed.

Sources

Music

  1. Flemming

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