In the history of music, Johann Nepomuk Hummel is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Johann Nepomuk Hummel as Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1837).
Johann Nepomuk Hummel was born at Bratislava in 1778. He trained at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
The concert hall and the public audience were new in this period; music was beginning to be written for buyers rather than employers.
He worked as composer, conductor and pianist.
The instruments recorded are guitar and piano.
His work is classed as opera and sardana.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Legion of Honour (1826).
Johann Nepomuk Hummel died in 1837, aged 59. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1826
- Instruments: guitar and piano
- Genres: opera and sardana
