Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)
Piano concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Kirschnereit, Porcelijn
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Julius Engelbert Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932)
was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg.[1]
Life
Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, the Dutch born Engelbert Röntgen, was first violinist in the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig; his mother, Pauline Klengel, was a pianist, an aunt of the renowned cellist Julius Klengel, born in 1859.
Julius was a gifted child. Neither he nor his sisters attended school; he was taught music by his parents and grandparents, and other subjects by private tutors. His first piano teacher was Carl Reinecke, the director of the Gewandhaus orchestra, while his early compositions were influenced by Reinecke, but also by Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms.
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