Christian Frederik Barth (24 February 1787 – 17 July 1861) was a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 virtuoso oboist

Oboe

The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...

 and composer.

Barth was an oboist in the Royal Chapel from 1802 to 1841. He was the son of oboist Christian Samuel Barth and brother of oboist and composer Frederik Philip Carl August Barth

Frederik Philip Carl August Barth

Frederik Philip Carl August Barth was a German- Danish virtuoso oboist and composer.He was son of oboist Christian Samuel Barth and brother of oboist and composer Christian Frederik Barth....

. He composed Sonate Brilliant for Oboe and Piano which is made up of three movements: Allegro, Adagio sostenuto, and a scherzando.