{"product_id":"11040-hiller-ferdinand-briefe-an-eine-ungenannte-signed-presentation-copy-to-frau-moritz-hartmann","title":"Hiller, Ferdinand. (1811 - 1885) Briefe an eine Ungenannte - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO FRAU MORITZ HARTMANN","description":"An interesting association copy of Hiller's \"Letters to an Unknown,\" inscribed Dec. 1, 1876 by the influential German conductor and composer to Frau Moritz Hartmann, wife of the eminent German poet and author and with his bookplate to the inner front board.   Hartmann is featured in letter XVIII in this volume. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e8vo. 196 pp. Stained cloth boards, leather spine covering with gilt lettering cracked and barely holding, though boards themselves well attached to the block. Internally fine.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePerhaps best remembered today as the dedicatee of Schumann's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003ePiano Concerto\u003c\/i\u003e and Chopin's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eNocturnes\u003c\/i\u003e, op. 15, Hiller was an extremely important figure in the musical world of nineteenth-century Germany. During his long career, he conducted the orchestras of Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Cologne, and Dresden, founded the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, composed six operas, three piano concertos, four symphonies, and a large body of chamber music, and taught pupils such as Max Bruch (whom he introduced to the melody of the Kol Nidrei, as he was Jewish). He was also an important lecturer and writer. His close musical associates included Mendelssohn, whom he met when they were both boys, Schumann, Schubert, Rossini, and Wagner, with whom he worked closely in Dresden.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093441138847,"sku":"11040","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Hiller_2C_Ferdinand_SIGNED_PRESENTATION_COPY_TO_FRAU_MORTIZ_HARTMANN_Brief_an_eine_Ungenannte_11040c.jpg?v=1722188045","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/11040-hiller-ferdinand-briefe-an-eine-ungenannte-signed-presentation-copy-to-frau-moritz-hartmann","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}