Elegie harmonique sur la Mort de J. L. Dussek
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SKU: BI.979-0-50179-072-2
Composed by Sigismund von Neukomm. Edited by Stephen Begley. This edition: softcover. Bisel Classics. Score. With Text Language: English / German. Published by Bisel Classics (BI.979-0-50179-072-2).ISBN 9790501790722. A4 inches.
The "Elegie harmonique" and "Marche Funebre" were composed in memoriam of Jan Ladislav Dussek a Czech piano virtuoso who had befriended Neukomm through their mutual acquaintance of the Prince Talleyrand. The early Romantic style of Neukomm seen here, is in keeping both with the prevailing conventions of the day and the idiomatic writing of Dussek who enjoyed a virtuoso career that would pave the way musically and dramatically for figures such as Liszt, Mendelssohn, Chopin...