Pierre Zimmermann
Pierre Zimmermann, Portrait of Antoine-Jean Gros (1808)
Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann (born March 19, 1785 in Paris ; † October 29, 1853 there ; also Zimmerman ) was a French piano teacher and composer .
Life
Pierre Zimmermann studied from 1798 at the Paris Conservatory with François-Adrien Boieldieu and Luigi Cherubini . From 1811 to 1848 he worked there as a piano teacher. His students included Antoine François Marmontel , Charles Valentin Alkan , Ambroise Thomas , Louis Lacombe , Charles Gounod , Théodore Gouvy , Georges Bizet , Louis Lefébure-Wély and César Franck .
He composed two operas ( L'enlèvement and Nausicaa ), two piano concertos , a piano sonata and numerous other works for the piano. He wrote the didactic work Encyclopédie du pianiste compositeur .
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| SURNAME | Carpenter, Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zimmermann, Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume (full name); Zimmerman, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French piano teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1853 |
| Place of death | Paris |