Hummel composer biography papers

Austrian composer and pianist (–)

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel | Romantic, Piano, Concertos | Britannica

For the German painter, see Johann Erdmann Hummel.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November &#;&#; 17 October ) 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. Hummel significantly influenced later piano music of the 19th century, particularly in the works of Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn.

Life

Early life

Hummel was born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia).

Johann Nepomuk Hummel : A Musician's Life and World

Unusually for that period, he was an only child. He was named after the Czech patron saint John of Nepomuk. His father, Johannes Hummel,^[1] was the director of the Imperial School of Military Music in Vienna; his mother, Margarethe Sommer Hummel, was the widow of the wigmaker Josef Ludwig. The couple married just four months beforehand.^[2]

Hummel was a child pr Johann Nepomuk Hummel - XID