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Biography

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and artist and occultist

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, wife of

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. He learned from Friedrich Schneider, Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen, and

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and worked mainly in Italy and Switzerland. 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

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, 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)DUX 1704, reviewed at MusicWeb International
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