Joseph Merk [SEP] sex or gender
dubbed the "Dukaten Concerte", after the price of the ticket, which was a ducat). He frequently performed with Mayseder throughout his career, and was even dubbed "the Mayseder of the cello".
After touring the Austrian provinces, in 1816 or 1818 Merk was appointed to his teacher Schindlöker's old post of principal cellist at the Vienna Court Opera.
In 1822 Franz Schubert wrote a quartet for male voices, "Geist der Liebe" (D.747; Op. 11, No. 3),
Joseph Merk
Joseph Merk (18 January 179516 July 1852) was a noted Austrian cellist, often described as one of the most influential of the first half of the 19th century. He also wrote a number of compositions for the cello.
Career.
Joseph (or Josef) Merk was born in Vienna in 1795. He first studied singing, the guitar and the violin, but at the age of 15 he was bitten so severely on his left arm by a dog, that he could no longer play the