Ludwig Berger (composer)

Carl Ludwig Heinrich Berger (18 April 1777 – 16 February 1839) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher.

He was born in Berlin, and spent his youth in Templin and Frankfurt, where he studied both flute and piano.

Later, he studied composition with Joseph Augustin Gürrlich [de] in Berlin.

He became a pupil of the composer Muzio Clementi, and went with him to Russia, where he stayed for eight years.

A nervous disorder in his arm led to the end of his career as a piano virtuoso, and he built a reputation as a teacher, numbering Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, as well as Taubert, Dorn, and August Wilhelm Bach among his more distinguished pupils.