Michał Bergson (Bergsohn), or Michel Bergson (20 May 18209 March 1898) was a Polish composer and pianist, promoter of
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...
.
Biography
Born in
Warsaw, Bergson was the son of
Gabriel Bereksohn
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek language, Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin language, Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic language, Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, transli ...
, grandson of Berek and
Temerl Bergson, and great-grandson of Samuel Zbytkower. His children included the influential French philosopher
Henri Bergson
Henri-Louis Bergson (; 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopherHenri Bergson. 2014. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 13 August 2014, from https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61856/Henri-Bergson and artist and occultist
Moina Mathers, wife of
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers.
He learned from
Friedrich Schneider,
Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen
Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen (first name also sometimes given as Karl;Eitner (1889) 27 September 1778 – 21 December 1851) was a German composer and music teacher.
Life
Rungenhagen abandoned early study of art under Daniel Chodowiecki and jo ...
, and
Wilhelm Taubert and worked mainly in
Italy and
Switzerland
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. In 1863 Michal Bergson became professor at the
Conservatory in
Geneva, and later was its head. Bergson had by that time married a native of
Yorkshire, Katherine Levison, they lived in
London,
England and
France, finally settled there. He died in London.
Compositions
* ''Luisa di Montfort'' (performed in 1847)
* 'Scene and Air' from ''Luisa di Montfort'' for clarinet and piano
* ''Salvator Rosa''
* ''Qui va à la chasse, perd sa place'' (1859)
* Mazurka, Opp. 1 and 48
* ''Le Rhin'', Op. 21
* ''12 Études caractéristiques''
* ''Concerto Symphonique pour piano avec orchestra'', Op. 62 (performed 1868)
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1820 births
1898 deaths
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