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Added: Dec 4, 2004. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 10037578. Source citation. Composer. A child prodigy, he moved with his family to Vienna in 1786 and studied with Wolfgang Mozart for two years. He then embarked on a long concert tour (1788 to 1792) as a pianist, which spread his fame throughout Europe. Back in Vienna Hummel's reputation as a young ...
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was a pupil of Mozart, Salieri and Haydn. He also knew Beethoven and Schubert .
The exhibition of the Johann Nepomuk Hummel Museum is located in a historical house that used to neighbour the birthplace of the composer. It was built in the 17th century, in 1755 an open staircase was built from two sides ended by loggias. In 1909, a Baroque relief showing the Coronation of the Virgin Mary from the mid-18th century was placed ...
Exhibition about the life and work of Bratislava-born and composer Johan N. Hummel (1778 – 1837) is located in the Renaissance garden house. There is a precious collection of musical instruments from the artist’s estate and samples of his notation. In the museum breathing with history and the sound of Hummel’s music, you learn that he was ...
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (born Nov. 14, 1778, Pressburg, Hung. [now Bratislava, Slvk.]—died Oct. 17, 1837, Weimar, Thuringia [Germany]) was an Austrian composer and outstanding virtuoso pianist during the period of transition from Classical to Romantic musical styles. Hummel studied at an early age with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at whose house in ...
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel is one the most significant composers of the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. He was born on 14 November 1778 in Bratislava and died on 17 October 1837 in Weimar. After moving to Vienna, he studied with well-known musicians such as J. G. Albrechtsberger, A. Salieri and J. Haydn.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (November 14, 1778 – October 17, 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin from Pressburg in present-day Bratislava, Slovakia. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. Although Hummel died famous, with an enduring posthumous reputation, his ...
