Adolf Scherbaum [SEP] date of birth
Adolf Scherbaum
Adolf Scherbaum (23 August 1909 – 2 August 2000) was a trumpet player who specialised in the piccolo trumpet.
Scherbaum was born in the town of Eger, then in Austro-Hungarian Bohemia (now Cheb, Czech Republic). He studied in Prague and Vienna with Prof. Dengler. He received his first appointment as trumpet soloist at the Landestheater in Brünn (Brno), followed by performances in Prague at the Deutsche Philharmonie under Joseph Keilberth and in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler.
Adolf Scherbaum (composer)
Adolf Scherbaum (15 August 1931 – 10 March 2003) was an Austrian composer, flautist, painter and graphic artist. His entire opus, around 2000 compositions, is stored in the Music Department of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. The composer’s sister, Inge Adamiker-Scherbaum, has made his entire opus accessible to the public through a website.
Scherbaum was born in Vienna. He was one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century, and wrote almost 2000 pieces.