Johann Hermann Kufferath

Johann Hermann Kufferath (12 May 1797 – 28 July 1864) was a German composer.

Born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, he was the eldest son of watchmaker Carl Kufferath and his wife Catharina née Horst, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

A pupil of Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann, he was music director in Bielefeld from 1823 and municipal director of music in Utrecht from 1830.

He wrote cantatas, overtures, motets and a chant textbook.

Kufferath was married to soprano Elisabeth Sophie Reintjes.

Johann Hermann Kufferath (c. 1835)