A very rare original broadside advertising a Saale des Gewandhauses (Leipzig) concert given by Frédéric Kummer and François Schubert, with an appearance by the 15-year-old German pianist and composer, later wife of Robert Schumann and famous muse of Johannes Brahms. The program included works by Beethoven, Schubert and Kummer themselves, and Schumann performed Chopin's Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s opera Don Juan, Op.2. Central horizontal fold, left edge of sheet expertly repaired, overall in very fine condition. 10.3 x 16.5 inches; 26 x 41.5 cm.
Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879)
Frédéric Kummer (originally Friedrich August Kummer) was born on 5th August, 1797, in Meiningen, which from 1680 to 1920 was the capital of the Duchy of Saxe- Meiningen. A pupil of his father, a court oboist in Meiningen and Dresden (where the family moved when Kummer was very young), he later studied under Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860), one of the founders of what Lev Ginsburg called the Dresden School of celloplaying. He joined the Dresden electoral court orchestra in 1814 as an oboist and in 1817 transferred to the cello section. In 1852 he replaced his teacher as principal cellist and remained in this position until his retirement. Kummer toured in the 1820s and 1830s, giving recitals in Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Weimar, and further afield in Vienna, Prague, Milan, and Copenhagen. He was a member of a quartet that also featured François Schubert and Karol Lipiński; Kummer and Schubert often collaborated as a duo apart from the quartet, “enchanting audiences by their amazing sense of ensemble playing”. He was appointed a professor at the Dresden Conservatory at its founding in 1856 and counted many fine cellists as his students, including his two sons Ernst and Max, Bernhard Cossman, and Julius Goltermann. Kummer composed over 400 works, of which approximately 200 were published. Among these works are 200 entrʼactes written for the theatre, virtuoso works for cello, and pedagogical works. Kummerʼs Violoncello-Schule, Op. 60 (1839), or Cello Method, is still in print; other pedagogical works include Ten Melodic Studies, Op. 57, and Grand Etudes, Op. 44. Kummer died in Dresden on 22nd August, 1879.
François Schubert (1808-1878)
François Schubert (originally Franz Anton Schubert, sometimes called “the younger” to distinguish him from his father) was born on 22nd July, 1808 in Dresden, where he studied the violin with his father (also named Franz Anton Schubert) and Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), and then later in Paris with Charles Philippe Lafont (1781–1839), a pupil of Kreutzer and Rode. Sometimes confused with the much more famous Vienna Franz Schubert, he adopted ‘François’ while in Paris, where he also became a friend of Chopin. A song entitled Mein Frieden, probably written by François Schubert, actually appeared in the Vienna Schubert ’s catalogue. François Schubert returned to Dresden in 1833 and spent the remainder of his career there. In 1861 he assumed leadership of the Dresden orchestra, replacing Karol Lipiński. Among his compositions are works based on opera tunes, études for violin, and other works featuring the violin. His most famous work is a set of short pieces entitled Bagatelles: 12 morceaux detachés pour Violon avec Accompagnement de Piano, Op. 13 (1856–1862). The ninth bagatelle is often anthologized in collections of short works for violin: L’Abeille or Die Biene (The Bee).
A very rare original broadside advertising a Saale des Gewandhauses (Leipzig) concert given by Frédéric Kummer and François Schubert, with an appearance by the 15-year-old German pianist and composer, later wife of Robert Schumann and famous muse of Johannes Brahms. The program included works by Beethoven, Schubert and Kummer themselves, and Schumann performed Chopin's Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s opera Don Juan, Op.2. Central horizontal fold, left edge of sheet expertly repaired, overall in very fine condition. 10.3 x 16.5 inches; 26 x 41.5 cm.
Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879)
Frédéric Kummer (originally Friedrich August Kummer) was born on 5th August, 1797, in Meiningen, which from 1680 to 1920 was the capital of the Duchy of Saxe- Meiningen. A pupil of his father, a court oboist in Meiningen and Dresden (where the family moved when Kummer was very young), he later studied under Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860), one of the founders of what Lev Ginsburg called the Dresden School of celloplaying. He joined the Dresden electoral court orchestra in 1814 as an oboist and in 1817 transferred to the cello section. In 1852 he replaced his teacher as principal cellist and remained in this position until his retirement. Kummer toured in the 1820s and 1830s, giving recitals in Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Weimar, and further afield in Vienna, Prague, Milan, and Copenhagen. He was a member of a quartet that also featured François Schubert and Karol Lipiński; Kummer and Schubert often collaborated as a duo apart from the quartet, “enchanting audiences by their amazing sense of ensemble playing”. He was appointed a professor at the Dresden Conservatory at its founding in 1856 and counted many fine cellists as his students, including his two sons Ernst and Max, Bernhard Cossman, and Julius Goltermann. Kummer composed over 400 works, of which approximately 200 were published. Among these works are 200 entrʼactes written for the theatre, virtuoso works for cello, and pedagogical works. Kummerʼs Violoncello-Schule, Op. 60 (1839), or Cello Method, is still in print; other pedagogical works include Ten Melodic Studies, Op. 57, and Grand Etudes, Op. 44. Kummer died in Dresden on 22nd August, 1879.
François Schubert (1808-1878)
François Schubert (originally Franz Anton Schubert, sometimes called “the younger” to distinguish him from his father) was born on 22nd July, 1808 in Dresden, where he studied the violin with his father (also named Franz Anton Schubert) and Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), and then later in Paris with Charles Philippe Lafont (1781–1839), a pupil of Kreutzer and Rode. Sometimes confused with the much more famous Vienna Franz Schubert, he adopted ‘François’ while in Paris, where he also became a friend of Chopin. A song entitled Mein Frieden, probably written by François Schubert, actually appeared in the Vienna Schubert ’s catalogue. François Schubert returned to Dresden in 1833 and spent the remainder of his career there. In 1861 he assumed leadership of the Dresden orchestra, replacing Karol Lipiński. Among his compositions are works based on opera tunes, études for violin, and other works featuring the violin. His most famous work is a set of short pieces entitled Bagatelles: 12 morceaux detachés pour Violon avec Accompagnement de Piano, Op. 13 (1856–1862). The ninth bagatelle is often anthologized in collections of short works for violin: L’Abeille or Die Biene (The Bee).