Romberg, Concertino No. 1 in E Minor Op. 38 for Cello (Delrieu)

Bernhard Heinrich Romberg was born on November 11, 1767 in the Oldenburg town of Dinklage in the family of the musician Anton Romberg. Bernhard spent his childhood in MUnster, where his father was a bassoonist and his uncle Herard Heinrich Romberg a clarinetist and choirmaster. His father, who also played cello, was the child's first music teacher. There is evidence that for a while, Bernhard also took lessons from the German cellist Johann Konrad Schlick. According to other sources, he studied with the Viennese violoncellist Franz Marteau, who later became famous. It is also quite possible that Romberg had his advanced cello lessons under the guidance of a violinist, as the violin character of his technique indicates.