The German baroque composer Christoph Förster (1693-1745), was highly respected in his own days. He wrote many solo concertos, and several of these were for the oboe. Most of Förster´s oboe concertos exist today in Swedish 18th Century sources only. In fact, a lot of oboe repertoire from the European musical centres found its way to Sweden in the 18th Century. One reason for this is that highly educated continental oboists did their service in Sweden, as court musicians or as military musicians, since Sweden was an important empire in the 17th- and 18th Century. With these learned musicians there also came great repertoire.

Sweden has not been in war since the death of Carl XII in 1718, and the environment for safe keeping of musical repertoire has been very good in this country. In contrast, a lot of repertoire in Germany has been destroyed or lost, because of turbulent political situations. A vast part of the 18th Century oboe repertoire in Swedish libraries has its origin from Dresden and Berlin, important musical centres in the 18th Century, which were damaged in the Second World War. As a matter of fact, the well kept manuscripts in Sweden represent an important source to music from the 18th Century Germany.