Joseph Fischhof (4 April 1804 – 28 June 1857) was a Czech-Austrian pianist, composer and professor at the

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, belonging to the Romantic school.

Life and career

Fischhof was born into a Jewish family in

Bučovice Bučovice (; german: Butschowitz) is a town in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages and hamlets of Černčín, Kloboučky, Marefy and Vícemilice are ad ...

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. He planned to become a medical doctor, but later studied music and composition under

Ignaz von Seyfried Ignaz Xaver, Ritter von Seyfried (15 August 1776 – 27 August 1841) was an Austrian musician, conductor and composer. He was born and died in Vienna. According to a statement in his handwritten memoirs he was a pupil of both Wolfgang Amadeus Mo ...

, and in 1833 became Professor of Piano at the Vienna Conservatory. He was the uncle of composer Robert Fischhof. Fischhof published a number of literary works on music and was a collector of

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

scores and manuscripts which became important for biographers. A copy by Jacob Hotchevar of Beethoven documents previously lost was given to him, and later became known as the Fischhof Manuscript. Notable students include George Lichtestein. Fischhof died in Vienna.

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