Heinrich Lichner (6 March 18297 January 1898) was a prolific German composer, best known today for his teaching pieces - simple

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works written for students. He was born in Harpersdorf,

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. His

sonatina A sonatina is a small sonata. As a musical term, sonatina has no single strict definition; it is rather a title applied by the composer to a piece that is in basic sonata form, but is shorter and lighter in character, or technically more elementar ...

s, including Opp. 4, 49, and 66 (among others) are in a light, fluent

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, although the harmony occasionally betrays the influence of

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. He was also a director and organist - he worked as organist at the church of the 11,000 virgins, and spent a part of his life as the director of a '' saengerbund'' (choral festival) in Breslau, where he died.

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Classical Composers Database entry
* 1829 births 1898 deaths German Romantic composers 19th-century classical composers German male classical composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub