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Julius Röntgen
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Julius Engelbert Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932) was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, Engelbert Röntgen, was first violinist in the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig; his mother, Pauline Klengel, was a pianist, an aunt of the renowned cellist Julius Klengel, born in 1859. Julius was a gifted child. Neither he nor his sisters attended school; he was taught music by his parents and grandparents, and other subjects by private tutors. His first piano teacher was Carl Reinecke, the director of the Gewandhaus orchestra, while his early compositions were influenced by Reinecke, but also by Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms. In 1870, at the age of 14, Julius Röntgen visited Franz Liszt in Weimar; after playing piano for him he was invited to a soiree at Liszt's house. In Leipzig, he and his parents were part of the musical circle around Heinrich von Herzogenberg, and it was at their house that he first met Brahms. Later Röntgen moved to Munich, where he studied piano under Franz Lachner, a friend of Franz Schubert. At the age of 18 he became a professional pianist. During a concert tour through southern Germany he became acquainted with the singer Julius Stockhausen; at this time he also met a Swedish music student Amanda Maier, whom he would marry in 1880. In 1877 Röntgen had to make a decision whether to go to Vienna or Amsterdam. He chose Amsterdam, and became a
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Ein Cyclus von Phantasiestücken, Op. 5: II. Andante con espressione
2242Symphony in A Minor: I. Moderato
1173Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Andante tranquillo
694Violin Concerto in A minor: I. Allegro ben moderato
645Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Op. 18: II. Larghetto espressivo
616Cello Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro non troppo
607Cello Concerto No. 2: I. Improvisation - Allegro non troppo
588Violin Concerto in A minor: II. Lento
569Viola Sonata in A-Flat Major: I. Andante tranquillo
5510Rei van Edelingen
53albums
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Röntgen: Piano Music Vol. 2
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Julius Röntgen: Orchestral Music
Rontgen: Violin Concertos
Rontgen: Cello Concertos (Complete)
Rontgen, J.: Symphony No. 18 / 6 Old Netherlandish Dances / Ballade On A Norwegian Folk Song
Rontgen, J.: Symphony No. 10 / Symphonietta Humoristica / Old Netherlands Suite
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Right Through The Bone - Chamber Music of Julius Röntgen
Röntgen: Orchestral Works
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Röntgen, Three Sonatas & Brahms, Two Songs Op. 91 for voice, viola and piano
Rontgen: Piano Concertos 2 & 4
Röntgen: Piano Music Volume 1
Röntgen: Wind Serenades