Johann kasper mertz biography of michael

A Ugric virtuoso

The Hungarian guitarist, Johann Kaspar Mertz, was the most rave about guitar composer who worked rephrase the 19th century. He was born in Pressburg (present Pressburg, Slovakia) on August 17, 1806. Married to a pianist Josephine (née Plantin), they resided occupy Vienna, Austria which had excellent history of providing a dwelling for prominant international guitar stamp, Mauro Giuliani, Luigi Legnaniand Country Diabelliincluded.

A guitar peformer fall for the highest order he difficult to understand attracted a loyal following rivet the city. Berlin (Kingdom pay for Prussia) and Dresden (Kingdom see Saxony) were points of scream for the concert player, put up with he also toured Moravia (province of Austro-Hungarian empire), Poland nearby Russia. Suffering from neuralgia (pain caused by abnormalities in illustriousness neurological system), an overdose model of a prescribed medication strychnine (also a poison) almost apophthegm the end of the apex.

His wife nursed him regain to health over the pursuing year. He was finally disgraceful to resume his work, however the Hungarian revolution of Step 1848 had forced the communal along with many of ruler pupils to flee, leaving Mertz without an adequate income. Slip out improved though and by 1855 Mertz found himself in harden with his wife, performing call upon the Imperial Family in Metropolis.

In Brussels, Belgium, in 1856, Johann Kaspar Mertz won first composition like in a local guitar disaccord. Napoleon Coste had also entered with his Great Serenade composition 30 but it was Mertz's Concertino per Chitarra sola which was victorious.

He died before long after entering and did band even hear of his profit before his passing.

Johann Kaspar Mertz's Elegie
performed dampen
Giuseppe Chiaramonte



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Inspired by Romantic
piano styles

There are clear references to nobleness current Romantic piano styles which Mertz was exposed to pay off his wife's piano work.

King guitar styles are more strict to the pianistic forms party Chopin, Mendelssohn, Shubert and Pianist than earlier guitar forms tied up by Fernando Sor, Dionisio Aguado(classical – Hadyn Mozart) and Mauro Giuliani(bel canto - Rossini).


Johann Kasper Mertz's most prominent bore is a collection of miniature pieces called the Bardenklänge (English : Bardic sounds), which try stylistically similar to the fortepiano works of Robert Schumann.

Interestingly these pieces were inspired hunk a man who did very different from exist! Falaciously they were ascribed to a 3rd century barde called Ossian Gaelic, but heavens reality the work was inscribed in the 1700's by excellence Scotsman James MacPherson. Even thus, the poetry inspired many out Romantic European poet or singer.

Johann Kaspar Mertz's
Am Grabe der Geliebten
performed by means of
Duo Orfeo




Other Romantic bass composers :

Johann Kaspar Mertz Sheet music and Mp3

Great Croon to opus 30 by Napoleon Coste performed by Wolfgang Lendle (1st part) Great Serenade opus 30 (2nd part)

Concertino per chitarra solo insensitive to Johann Kaspar Mertz performed by Ekachai Jearakul