Hummel's Comprehensive Theoretical and Practical Instruction in Piano Playing, a three-volume work with 2,200 examples, was a best-seller and influenced later music with new fingerings and tone color treatments.
Instruments
Madoka Inui performs on a Bösendorfer Imperial Concert Grand piano for this recording.
Composer Biography
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, the composer, was a child prodigy who received free lessons and lodging from Mozart for two years at the age of eight.
Composer Biography
Hummel studied with several prominent musicians, including Clementi, Haydn, Georg Albrechtsberger (counterpoint), and Salieri (aesthetics, philosophy of music, and musical dramatic technique).
Cultural Impact
Hummel was a leading figure of his time, influencing composers like Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt, and was highly regarded by Chopin.
Compositional Technique
Hummel's main piano compositions were considered revolutionary, and he was regarded as the 'ruling world master' in fantasias due to his unrivalled improvisation technique.
Performer Biography
Madoka Inui, the pianist on this album, has collaborated in literary-musical matinées with famous authors such as Salman Rushdie, Umberto Eco, and Paulo Coelho.
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