Heller, Stephen. (1833–1888)
25 Etudes - Sheet Music
Boston: Oliver Ditson. [ca. 186-]. Sheet music for 25 etudes by the important Hungarian pianist and composer. 25 pp. Left edge rough; overall fine. Upright folio. 10.25 x 13.5 inches (26 x 34.5 cm)."A good friend of Berlioz, Heller was described by him in his Mémoires as a delightful humourist and learned musican, praising his melancholy spirit and devotion to the true gods of art... To many, of course, he was and is known as the composer of studies, for which there was a considerable demand after the success of his first pedagogical work on phrasing in 1840. Schumann in particular perceptively praised Heller for his natural emotions and the clarity of their expression, comparing the feelings aroused by his music to the strange aspect of otherwise definite figures in the half-light of dawn." (Jean Martin, Naxos 8.223434 notes) (17115)
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