biography
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Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
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| lived:
| (1778–1837)
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| biography:
| Pianist and composer, born in Bratislava, Slovak Republic (formerly Pressburg, Austria). He was taught by his father and, when the family moved to Vienna, by Mozart. He began playing in public in 1787, and after a tour of Germany, Denmark, Britain, and Holland he studied composition under Albrechtsberger. In 1804 he became Kapellmeister to Prince Esterházy, and later held similar appointments at Stuttgart (1816) and Weimar (1819–37). He wrote several ballets and operas, but was best known for his piano and chamber works, and wrote a manual of piano technique (1828) which had considerable influence. |
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