Hungarian Pianist and Composer. His career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and he was an influence for later Romantic composers. He was destined for a legal career, but instead decided to devote his life to music. At the age of nine, he performed Dussek's concerto for two pianos with his teacher, F. Brauer, at the Budapest theater. His performance was considered outstanding and he was sent to study in Vienna, Austria under Carl Czerny. His family was unable to afford the expensive fee by Czerny, so Anton Halm became his principal master. After a success in the first public concert in Vienna at the age of 15, his father took him on a concert tour through Hungary, Poland and Germany. After passing the winter of 1829 at Hamburg, he became ill in the summer of 1830 and abandoned the tour in Augsburg. He was soon afterwards adopted by a wealthy patron of music. At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. He achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. In 1849, he performed in England where in 1850, he was the subject of a long serial article devoted to his music in the British Musical World and in 1862, he played Mozart's E-flat concerto for two pianos with Charles Hallé at The Crystal Palace. His numerous compositions, solely for pianoforte, are recognized for their originality, grace, and elegance. Regarding a specific knowledge of the instrument, he was considered superior even to Mendelssohn and his poetry of sentiment, pure and rich melody, and fruitfulness of rhythmical invention place him among the very first composers of his genre. In total, he wrote about 150 opus numbers. He spent the last 25 years of his life in Paris and seemed to outlive his reputation, and was almost forgotten when he died in 1888.
Hungarian Pianist and Composer. His career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and he was an influence for later Romantic composers. He was destined for a legal career, but instead decided to devote his life to music. At the age of nine, he performed Dussek's concerto for two pianos with his teacher, F. Brauer, at the Budapest theater. His performance was considered outstanding and he was sent to study in Vienna, Austria under Carl Czerny. His family was unable to afford the expensive fee by Czerny, so Anton Halm became his principal master. After a success in the first public concert in Vienna at the age of 15, his father took him on a concert tour through Hungary, Poland and Germany. After passing the winter of 1829 at Hamburg, he became ill in the summer of 1830 and abandoned the tour in Augsburg. He was soon afterwards adopted by a wealthy patron of music. At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. He achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. In 1849, he performed in England where in 1850, he was the subject of a long serial article devoted to his music in the British Musical World and in 1862, he played Mozart's E-flat concerto for two pianos with Charles Hallé at The Crystal Palace. His numerous compositions, solely for pianoforte, are recognized for their originality, grace, and elegance. Regarding a specific knowledge of the instrument, he was considered superior even to Mendelssohn and his poetry of sentiment, pure and rich melody, and fruitfulness of rhythmical invention place him among the very first composers of his genre. In total, he wrote about 150 opus numbers. He spent the last 25 years of his life in Paris and seemed to outlive his reputation, and was almost forgotten when he died in 1888.
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Stephen / Heller / 1814-1888
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