Friedrich Kalkbrenner

Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner (7 November 1784–10 June 1849) was a German pianist and composer.

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7 November - 1784 - 10 June - 1849 - German - Pianist - Composer

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Son of Christian Kalkbrenner (1755-1806), a Jewish musician of Cassel, Friedrich was educated at the Paris Conservatoire, and soon began to play in public. From 1814 to 1823 he was well known as a brilliant performer and a successful teacher in London, and then settled in Paris, dying at Enghien, near there, in 1849.

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Christian Kalkbrenner - Cassel - Paris Conservatoire - 1814 - 1823 - London - Paris - Enghien

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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 have had considerable vogue among pianists.

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