Carl Heymann (also Karl; 1853 in
Filehne, (or Oct. 4, 1854 in Amsterdam) – 1922 in
Bingen), was a virtuoso German pianist, composer and piano teacher.
Life
Heymann studied at
Cologne Conservatory
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with
Ferdinand Hiller
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Biography
Ferdinand Hiller was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt am Main, where his fat ...
and upon his debut was called the "new
Liszt
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" or the "second
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[Carl Lachmund. Living with Liszt. - Pendragon Press, 1995, p.67.] by some experts. In spite of many interruptions to his early and fast rise to fame by psychological suffering, he was considered one of the most important pianists of his generation and was also known as a composer. He succeeded to in teaching at the
Hoch Conservatory
Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium – Musikakademie was founded in Frankfurt am Main on 22 September 1878. Through the generosity of Frankfurter Joseph Hoch, who bequeathed the Conservatory one million German gold marks in his testament, a school for ...
in
Frankfurt am Main
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from 1879 to 1880. Following his period in Frankfurt, he returned to live in Bingen.
After the 1880s the name of the brilliant young Heymann's name disappeared from the musical world. He spent the last third of his life in an institution.
Heymann's repertoire included the virtuoso piano concertos of
Ferdinand Ries
Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first concerto ...
,
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
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,
John Field,
Moscheles,
Reinecke,
Chopin,
Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...
and
Schumann
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.
Among his students in Frankfurt were the American pianist and composer
Edward MacDowell
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whom he found to be so talented, that in 1880 he suggested, when illness forced him to resign, that MacDowell be his successor at the Hoch Conservatory, at the age of 19.
References
Literature
* Peter Cahn: ''Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878-1978)'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979.
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1854 births
1922 deaths
19th-century German pianists