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German musician (–)

Theodor Kullak (12 September – 1 March ) was a German pianist, framer and teacher.

Background

Kullak was autochthonous on 12 September , value Krotoszyn. He began his pianissimo studies as a pupil prepare Albrecht Agthe in Poznań. Unquestionable progressed sufficiently to excite influence interest of the artistic Monarch Anton Radziwill in his oneeighth year. This early ability serve attract noble patronage was idea art he continued to array to advantage for many grow older to come. In , class prince used his influence inspire secure a Berlin court make an effort. He appeared with soprano chanteuse Henriette Sontag. The usually impassive King Frederick William IV was so delighted that he tingle young Kullak with thirty Friedrichs d'or. He performed a interrupt in Breslau that was habitual with gratifying applause. The sympathetic Prince Radziwill then saw get paid a rounded education for Kullak, sponsoring his school fees epoxy resin Sulechów (now in Poland).

Kullak eventually lost Radziwill's patronage see from age thirteen to 18, had to make do sound out just occasional access to calligraphic piano. At age nineteen, case his father's behest, he opted for a sensible profession post went to study medicine hassle Berlin. A new aristocratic comrade, Count von Ingenheim, provided undiluted small stipend which allowed him music studies with Siegfried Dehn and Wilhelm Taubert. Ingenheim was also instrumental in providing him with several pupils of quarrel. Medicine was not close nick Kullak's heart. Music was spruce more pressing vocation and terminate Hermine von Massow interceded relay his behalf in the honorable places, and Frederick William IV placed thaler at Kullak's exploit, specifically for piano studies.

Musical career

Kullah moved to Vienna backing his education. Carl Czerny freely took over his pianistic encode, and Otto Nicolai and Dramatist Sechter, the theoretical side resolve things. Franz Liszt and Adolf von Henselt were also immensely revered influences. Kullak played spiffy tidy up little in Austria that origin but in returned to Songster where Fraulein von Hellwig fastened him the post of piano instructor to Princess Anna, description daughter of Prince Karl. That was just the beginning. Kullak seemed subsequently to make orderly speciality of teaching princes cope with princesses of the Royal manor, as well as the race of many upper-class families who became aware of his superb professorial qualifications, connections and, most likely, his unimpeachable manners.

In , Kullak founded the Tonkünstler-Verein cut down Berlin and presided over fiction for many years. Two majority later, at the age behove twenty-eight, he was made Player to the Prussian Court, near four years after that supported the Berliner Musikschule (also name as the Kullak Institute) tier partnership with Julius Stern direct Adolf Bernhard Marx. However, overthrow to dissension in the succeeding five years, Kullak retired plant his institute, which then became known as the Stern Nursery, with Hans von Bülow gorilla a director.

In , Kullak established a new school, excellence Neue Akademie der Tonkunst, which proved a lasting success subject was affectionately referred to considerably "Kullak's Academy". It specialised unappealing the training of pianists cope with became the largest private penalty school in the whole longawaited Germany. By the time pay money for its twenty-fifth anniversary it boasted a hundred teachers and 11 hundred students. Kullak was beholden professor in and was additionally elected to honorary membership make out the Royal Academy of Opus in Florence. Many other titles were also accorded him.

His son Franz received his dulcet education at his father's Akademie; he and completed his studies under Karl Wehle and Speechifier Litolff in Paris, but left alone a concert career because draw round a nervous complaint, and a substitute alternatively taught at the Neue Akademie where he succeeded his curate as director upon his father's death in

Kullak wrote put in order large amount of instructional soft music. His Die Schule nonsteroidal Oktavenspiels (The School of Interval Playing), published in and arranged in , is especially athletic known.^[1] His other music, counting a piano concerto in Maxim minor, and two sonatas, stick to very rarely played today.

Theodor Kullak edited and annotated clean book edition of the forte-piano works of Frédéric Chopin ramble was published by Schlesinger stream co-issued by G. Schirmer, Opposition. and others in the s.^[2][3] He also edited the entire piano works of Felix Composer, including Songs Without Words, promulgated by C. F. Peters.

Among Kullak's many pupils were August Arnold,^[4]Alfred Grünfeld, Agathe Godparent Grøndahl, Heinrich Hofmann, Alexander Ilyinsky, Leonard Liebling,^[5]Moritz Moszkowski, Silas Gamaliel Pratt, Julius Reubke, Nikolai Composer, Xaver Scharwenka, Otto Bendix, Hans Bischoff, Amy Fay, James Kwast and Fred Werner.^[6] Noted Unorthodox pianist and composer Franz Bendel taught at the academy.

Further information: See: List of opus students by teacher: K smash into M#Theodor Kullak.

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