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Friedrich Robert Volkmann
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Friedrich Robert Volkmann (6 April 1815 – 30 October 1883) was a German composer. He was born in Lommatzsch, Saxony, Germany. His father was a music director for a church, so he trained his son in music to prepare him as a successor. Thus Volkmann learned to play the organ and the piano with his father, as well as violin and cello, and by age 12 he was playing the cello part in String Quartets by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. In 1832 Robert Volkmann entered the Freiberg Gymnasium for the purpose of becoming a teacher. There he studied music with Anacker, who encouraged him to devote himself to music more fully. From there he went on to Leipzig in 1836 to study with Carl Friedrich Becker. In Leipzig he met Robert Schumann, who encouraged him in his studies. They met again several times after that. When he finished his studies, he began working as voice teacher at a music school in Prague. He did not stay there long, and in 1841 he moved to Budapest, where he was employed as a piano teacher and a reporter for the Allgemeine Wiener Musik-Zeitung. He composed in virtual obscurity until 1852, when his Piano Trio in B-flat minor caught the ears of Franz Liszt and Hans von Bülow, who proceeded to play it several times all over Europe. In 1854 Volkmann moved to Vienna, only to return to Budapest in 1858. Thanks to the publisher Gustav Heckenast, who in 1857 bought the rights to publish all Volkmann's works in exchange for regular income regardless of sales, Volkmann was able to ful
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Serenade No. 1 in C Major, Op. 62: IV. Andante sostenuto
472Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33
4033 Lieder, Op. 16: No. 3. Der Traum
394Serenade No. 1 in C Major, Op. 62: I. Maestoso alla marcia
325Serenade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 63: IV. March: Allegro marcato
306Serenade No. 1 in C Major, Op. 62: III. Allegro vivo
307Serenade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 63: I. Allegro moderato
288Serenade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 63: II. Molto vivace
279Serenade No. 1 in C Major, Op. 62: II. Un poco piu lento
2510Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 44: I. Allegro patetico
25albums
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Volkmann: Lieder
Volkmann: Complete Orchestral Works
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Volkmann: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
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Volkmann: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 6
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Volkmann: Serenades Nos. 1-3 / Reinecke: Serenade in G Minor
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Volkmann: Cavatine / Barcarolle / Buch Der Lieder / Intermezzo / Nocturne / Vier Marsche
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Volkmann: Piano Duets
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Schubert: 5 Minuets / 5 German Dances / Volkmann: Serenades Nos. 1-3
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SCHUMANN, R. / VOLKMANN, F.R.: Cello Concertos
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Volkmann: String Quartets Nos. 2-5
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Volkmann: Piano Trio No. 1
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Volkmann: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 4