a German organist virtuoso, seminar music teacher and composer. He received his musical education from his father Adam Valentin Volckmar (1770-1851). He was a student of Johann Gottfried Vierling, who had received his training with Johann Philipp Kirnberger. In 1835 he became a seminar teacher in Homberg (Efze) in northern Hesse , where his tomb was still to be found today and a street named after him. He soon became famous as an organist, and in 1846 he was appointed Dr. hc.
