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Norbert Burgmüller
12+ albums
romantic periodClassical
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Norbert Burgmüller (8 February 1810 – 7 May 1836) was a German composer. Burgmüller was born in Düsseldorf, the youngest son in a musical family. His father, August Burgmüller, was the director of a theatre. His mother, Therese von Zandt, was a singer and piano teacher. He had two brothers, Franz and Friedrich, who was also a composer. After the death of their father the family had financial problems, but they got support from count Franz von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven. Burgmüller studied with Joseph Kreutzer in Düsseldorf, and Louis Spohr and his pupil Moritz Hauptmann in Kassel. After his study he became their piano teacher. He became engaged to Sophia Roland, but in 1830 the relationship ended, to Norbert's distress. He became epileptic and began to drink excessively. In the same year he returned to Düsseldorf to live with his mother. There he befriended Felix Mendelssohn. He became engaged to Josephine Collin, but this relationship ended too. After Mendelssohn left for Leipzig in 1835, Burgmüller made plans to leave for Paris, where his brother Friedrich had gone. In 1836 he went to a spa in Aachen, where he drowned during an epileptic seizure. Robert Schumann, who arranged for the posthumous publication of Burgmüller's two symphonies, and completed the orchestration of the scherzo of the unfinished Symphony No. 2, wrote in a memorial notice that no death was more deplorable than that of Norbert Burgmüller since the early death of Franz Schubert.[1] User-contributed text i
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Duo, Op. 15
582Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: II. Larghetto con moto
423Duo in E flat, Op. 15
404Duo for Clarinet & Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 15
375Andante aus der Sinfonie Nr. 2 op. 11
356Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo
277Allegro ma non troppo aus dem Klavierkonzert op. 1 fis-moll
258Larghetto con moto aus dem Klavierkonzert op. 1 fis-moll
219Overture "Dionys" in F Major, Op. 5
2010Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: III. Allegro moderato
19albums
Burgmüller: Orchestral Works
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Burgmüller: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
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Burgmüller: Piano Concerto, Op. 1; Entr'actes, Op. 17; Overture, Op. 5
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Burgmüller: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
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Burgmüller: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2
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Burgmüller: Lieder & Piano Sonata, Op. 8
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Burgmüller: Chamber Music
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Jubilee Edition 2010: Norbert Burgmüller (Songs and Chamber Music)
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Burgmüller: Piano Concerto, Op. 1 & Entr'actes, Op. 17
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21 Piano Miniatures
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Quartet 4 & 2
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Norbert Burgmuller - Orchestral Works