Sigismund von Neukomm

Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1858)

Sigismund von Neukomm worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.

The record lists Sigismund von Neukomm as Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1858).

Sigismund von Neukomm was born at Salzburg in 1778. His recorded nationality is Austria. He trained at University of Salzburg.

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 conductor, composer and pianist.

The instruments recorded are piano.

His work is classed as opera.

He performed with Academia Brasileira de Música.

A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.

That the work came out of Austria shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

Sigismund von Neukomm died in 1858, aged 80. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.

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