![]() ![]() It was at this event that he made friends with Franz Schubert, who dedicated his last three piano sonatas to Hummel. At Beethoven's wish, Hummel improvised at the great man's memorial concert. Hummel visited Beethoven in Vienna on several occasions with his wife Elisabeth and pupil Ferdinand Hiller. The two men's friendship was marked by ups and downs, but developed into reconciliation and mutual respect. Beethoven's arrival was said to have nearly destroyed Hummel's self-confidence, though he recovered without much harm. Īt about this time, young Ludwig van Beethoven arrived in Vienna and also took lessons from Haydn and Albrechtsberger, thus becoming a fellow student and a friend. Upon his return to Vienna he was taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Joseph Haydn, and Antonio Salieri. Instead, he returned to Vienna, giving concerts along his route. The outbreak of the French Revolution and the following Reign of Terror caused Hummel to cancel a planned tour through Spain and France. When Hummel finished, Haydn reportedly thanked the young man and gave him a guinea. In 1791 Joseph Haydn, who was in London at the same time as young Hummel, composed a sonata for Hummel, who gave its first performance in the Hanover Square Rooms in Haydn's presence. Hummel's father then took him on a European tour, arriving in London where he received instruction from Muzio Clementi and where he stayed for four years before returning to Vienna. Hummel was taught and housed by Mozart for two years free of charge and made his first concert appearance at the age of nine at one of Mozart's concerts. At the age of eight, he was offered music lessons by the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was impressed with his ability. The couple married just four months beforehand. His father, Johannes Hummel, was the director of the Imperial School of Military Music in Vienna his mother, Margarethe Sommer Hummel, was the widow of the wigmaker Josef Ludwig. He was named after the Czech patron saint John of Nepomuk. Hummel was born as an only child (which was unusual for that period) in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia). ![]() Life Early life Hummel's birthplace in Klobučnícka St., Bratislava He was a pupil of Mozart, Salieri and Clementi. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Confederation ![]()
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