The composer and pianist Friedrich Kuhlau was born in the North German town of Uelzen and emigrated to Denmark because of the Napoleonic Wars. There he became a composer of national standing thanks to the success of his opera Die Räuberburg (1815) and the Singspiel Erlenhügel (1828). Kuhlau left to posterity a rich oeuvre. Above all, the great piano sonatas, his sets of variations and his compositions for flute are still alive today in countless recordings.

This work by the Danish musicologis...