- Lebrun’s father was an oboist with the Mannheim Orchestra, the court orchestra of Mannheim pioneered many of the sounds and techniques which would become the integral to the Classical orchestral style.
- Ludwig August Lebrun took after his father, becoming a court oboist in Mannheim at age 15. In addition to his court position, he and his wife, soprano and composer Franziska Danzi Lebrun, performed together in frequent concert tours.1
Sources
- T. Herman Keahey, Brigitte Höft, Paul Corneilson, Robert Münster, and Roland Würtz, “Lebrun family,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 6, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000042291.