- Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner (
7 November 1785 –10 June 1849 ) was a Germanpianist andcomposer .Son of
Christian Kalkbrenner (1755-1806), a Jewish musician ofCassel , Friedrich was educated at theParis Conservatoire , and soon began to play in public. From 1814 to 1823 he was well known as a brilliant performer and a successful teacher inLondon , and then settled inParis , dying atEnghien , near there, in 1849.As a teacher Kalkbrenner developed a piano playing technique that kept the musician's strength in the fingers and hands, instead of the forearm. This technique was used by his student
Camille-Marie Stamaty , who taught it to his student,Camille Saint-Saëns .He became a member of the Paris piano-manufacturing firm of Pleyel & Co., and made a fortune by his business and his art combined. His numerous compositions are less remembered now than his instruction-book, with studies, which has long been popular among pianists.
Chopin's first piano concerto is dedicated to Kalkbrenner.
amples of scores
* [http://www.vansambeekedities.nl/ Élégie harmonique à l'occasion de la mort de Charlotte d'Angleterre Opus 36 (1817)]
* [http://www.vansambeekedities.nl/ La Solitudine Opus 46 (ca.1825)]
* [http://www.vansambeekedities.nl/ Polonaise Brillante Opus 55 (ca.1826)]
* [http://www.vansambeekedities.nl/ Caprice Opus 104 (ca.1831)]References
*1911
External links
*IMSLP|id=Kalkbrenner, Friedrich Wilhelm|cname=Friedrich Kalkbrenner
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