Edouard Wolff
Edouard Wolff ( Edward Wolff , born September 15, 1816 in Warsaw , † October 16, 1880 in Paris ) was a Polish pianist and composer.
Life
Wolff had his first piano lessons from his mother, an amateur pianist, and then studied from 1828 in Vienna with Wilhelm Würfel . After his return to Warsaw in 1832 he took private lessons with Joseph Elsner .
In 1835 he went to Paris, where he initially had contact with Frédéric Chopin , who introduced him to the Parisian musical society. Later there was an estrangement between him and Chopin. Nevertheless, he dedicated two of his more than 300 piano pieces to Chopin: the Grand Allegro de Concert and Rêverie-Nocturne (Hommage à Chopin) . He also composed forty duos for piano and violin and a piano concerto.
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- Alfred Baumgärtner Propylaea World of Music. The Composers , Volume 5, 1989, ISBN 3549078358 , p. 557
- The Fryderyk Chopin Institute - Edward Wolff
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Edouard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolff, Edward; Wolff, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1880 |
| Place of death | Paris |