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Johann Hermann Kufferath (12 May 1797 in Mülheim an der Ruhr – 28 July 1864 in Wiesbaden) was a German composer.
He was born as the eldest son of watchmaker Carl Kufferath and his wife Catharina née Horst born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He and six of his brothers possessed an unusual musical talent, and they were referred to by contemporaries as the "musical Pleiades" (a constellation of 7 bright stars).
A pupil of Louis Spohr and Moritz Hauptmann, he was from 1823 music director in Bielefeld and from 1830, the municipal director of music in Utrecht. He wrote cantatas, overtures, motets and a chant textbook.
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