Moritz Kässmayer, sometimes spelled Käßmayer (1831,

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1884, Vienna) was an

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composer remembered for his humorous settings of

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s for

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. Among the quartets' admirers was Brahms, on his visits to the Kässmayer family house. He had less success with his one

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performed in

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in 1869, ''Das Landhaus in Meudon.''Signale für die musikalische Welt - Volume 27 - Page 298 Michael Peschke - 1869 "Eine neue Oper „Das Landhaus in Meudon", von Käßmayer, ist in Wien im Hofoperntheater am 18. Febr. in Scene gegangen ohne das Publicum sehr zu beunruhigen. "

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