Franz Kullak

Franz Kullak (born April 12, 1844 in Berlin ; † December 9, 1913 there ) was a German pianist and composer .

Kullak, the son of Theodor Kullak , studied at his father's New Academy in Berlin, which he continued after his death in 1882 and dissolved in 1890. As a teaching work he published:

• The first piano lesson
• The progress in piano playing
• The harmony on the piano.

He composed the great opera in 5 acts "Ines de Castro" (Berlin 1877), an anniversary overture, piano pieces and songs . He also arranged numerous orchestral works (by Mozart and Beethoven, among others ) for piano and worked as a music critic and editor.

Publications

• The lecture in music at the end of the 19th century . Publisher: FEC Leuckart, Leipzig 1898. New edition of the publisher: Kessinger Pub Co. 2010. ISBN 978-1-1677-5604-7
• Beethoven's piano-playing, with an essay on the execution of the trill: written as an introduction to a new critical edition of Beethoven's piano-forte concertos . Translated from German by Theodore Baker. Published by G. Schirmer, New York 1901
• Concert op.19, B flat major, no.2, provided with fingering and the complete orchestral accompaniment transferred for pianoforte. Published by Steingräber, Leipzig 1885
• Concert D minor for pianoforte. Published by Steingräber, Leipzig 1888
• Concerts for pianoforte / Beethoven; with fingering and the complete orchestral accompaniment transferred for pianoforte. Published by Steingräber, Leipzig 1889
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertos for the Piano. (Two Pianos, Four Hands) Publisher: G. Schirmer, New York, 1986. ISBN 978-0-7935-6499-6

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Kullak in the catalog of the German National Library