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Johann Nepomuk Hummel

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Profession
Composer
Died
Oct 17, 1837
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
Slovakia
About
Virtuoso pianist who bridged the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras. He had a tumultuous friendship with Beethoven. He was also famous for his 1828 publication "A Complete Theoretical and Practical Course of Instruction on the Art of Playing the Piano Forte."
Family
His father Johannes Hummel conducted Emanuel Schikaneder's theatre orchestra and was Vienna's Imperial School of Military Music's director.

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