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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin who was born in Bratislava (present-day Slovakia). His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. Hummel was born in Pressburg (also known as Pozsony, in what was then Hungary but is now Bratislava), Slovakia. His father, Josef Hummel, was the director of the Imperial School of Military Music and the conductor of the Theater Orchestra. In Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart offered the boy music lessons at the age of eight after being impressed with his ability. Hummel was taught and housed by Mozart for two years free of charge and made his first concert appearance at the age of nine, at one of Mozart's concerts. Hummel's father then led him on a European tour, arriving in London, where he received instruction from Muzio Clementi and stayed for four years before returning to Vienna. In 1791, Joseph Haydn, who was in London at the same time as young Hummel, composed a sonata in A flat for Hummel, who played its premiere in the Hanover Square Rooms in Haydn's presence. When Hummel finished, Haydn reportedly thanked the young man and gave him a guinea. The outbreak of the French Revolution and the following Terror caused Hummel to cancel a planned tour through Spain and France. Instead he concertized his way back to Vienna. Upon Hummel's return to Vienna he was taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Joseph Hayd
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Hummel: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat - Iii Rondo
23,3612III. Finale: Presto - Ancor piu presto
14,0663Larghetto
11,8264I. Caprice
11,3555Rondo - Allegro moderato
10,5176II. Larghetto - III. Finale: Vivace
9,5967Rondo
6,9078Allegro moderato
6,3739Piano Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 89: II. Larghetto
4,91510Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85: II. Larghetto
2,956albums
HUMMEL : Piano Concertos Opp. 85 & 89
HUMMEL: Fantasies (Complete)
HUMMEL: Piano Sonatas Opp. 13, 20 and 81
Hummel: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3
HUMMEL: Flute Sonatas / Flute Trio / Grand Rondeau Brillant
HUMMEL: Piano Trios / Piano Quartet in G major / Cello Sonata
Trumpet Concertos
Hummel: Piano Trios Nos. 2, 3, 6 & 7
HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto / Clarinet Quartet
Hummel: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2
German Organ Music, Vol. 1
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Hummel: Variations for Piano