Alexander Uber was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 cello

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

 virtuoso

Virtuoso

A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa...

, composer, and Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...

; he was a student of Johannes Jäger. Among his compositions are a cello concerto, a set of variations for cello and orchestra, several instrumental works, and some Lieder. His brother Hermann

Hermann Uber

Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber was a German composer, who also served as the cantor of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden....

 was also a composer and Kapellmeister; the two were sons of a noted jurist and amateur musician, Christian Benjamin Uber

Christian Benjamin Uber

Christian Benjamin Uber was a German jurist, composer, and lover of music.Professionally, he served as a high government official in his native Breslau for much of his career. He studied music with Daniel Gottlob Türk, and was known as a talented amateur musician who regularly organized music...

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Uber was born and died in Breslau.

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