Becker, Valentin Eduard 20.nov.1814-25.jan.1890 Germany, Wurzburg - Wurzburg
choral conductor, amateur musician, studied law, studied music with Franz Xaver Eisenhofer in Wurzburg, conductor of the Wurzburg Mannergesangvereins, 1833 he became officer of the Wurzburg Gemeindedienst and 1864-1885 was Wurzburg Stadtkammerer ; son of composer Michael Eduard

[Mendel 1870 makes Vincenz Ernst of his initials and gives erroneously born 1833 ; Schuberth 1871 ignores Mendel and gives only the initials and no year of birth ; Pougin 1878 gave eternal fame for this nonexistent composer by bluntly copying Mendel's article]