Burgmuller ?

[kghayesh]

My teacher wants me to play the octave etudes in E major op.105 no.9 by F. Burgmuller. I didn't play anything by Burgmuller before and I know nothing about him. I searched the internet, looked through my books but I almost found no information about him. Only what i knew is that he lived in the 19th century (born 1809) and was known for his exercises and etudes for piano students.

Does anybody know more about Burgmuller and has anybody played this etude ?

[asyncopated]

there is a very short wiki page on him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Franz_Burgm%C3%BCller

It actually states more or less everything I know about him.  If I recall correctly I read some where as well that he was really quite an easy going guy, gsoh , writing lots of music that can be enjoyed and played by non-virtuosos, his patrons.

So far, I've only tinkered around with his easy pieces Op. 100. and from what I can tell, I really like his compositions.  Very forthright, honest, unpretentious music that sounds really good.

I'd be happy to learn more about him as well.

PS you might also be interested in

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,15365.msg170716.html#msg170716

[ihatepop]

The only works I have played by him are, as asyncopated said, the Op100 etudes. They are simple, as I learned them about five years ago .  This work j\has some familiar tunes inside, for example, the second etude.

Unfortunately, I have never learned op.105 before, but I would love to if I had the chance to! (and I do, if I could find the score)

ihatepop

[counterpoint]

My composers lexikon says that

August Joseph Norbert Burgmüller

is born Feb 2 1810 in Düsseldorf
and he died May 7 1836   (!!!)

So he was only 26 years old, when he died. Could this be correct?

He composed 2 Symphonies, 1 Piano Concerto, 4 String Quartets, chamber music, songs and piano pieces.

He was a friend of Mendelssohn. Schumann liked his piano music very much.

I know only his 18 Characteristic Etudes  op.109, which are very nice, interesting and fun to play.

[gonzalo]

There is a picture of him here:

https://www.sheetmusicfox.com/Burgmuller/

[counterpoint]

Oh, that's completely confusing

As I found out now, there are 3 composers named Burgmüller:


 Johann August Franz Burgmüller  ( * 28.4.1766 Magdeburg, † 21.8.1824 Düsseldorf)


and his two sons


August Joseph Norbert  Burgmüller   ( * 8.2.1810 Düsseldorf, † 7.5.1836 Aachen)

and

Friedrich Burgmüller (* 1806; † 1874)


Friedrich Burgmüller is the composer of the Etudes, we're  talking about.

[ihatepop]

Johann Burgmuller was a popular pianist of the 19th century, especially in the Paris salons where his light and intimate style of playing won many admirers for him. His ability to improvise tuneful selections is reflected in the hundreds of teaching pieces he composed, many of which have retained their usefulness and popularity to this day.

I'm talking about Johann Burgmuller.

ihatepop

[counterpoint]

Johann Burgmuller was a popular pianist of the 19th century, especially in the Paris salons where his light and intimate style of playing won many admirers for him. His ability to improvise tuneful selections is reflected in the hundreds of teaching pieces he composed, many of which have retained their usefulness and popularity to this day.

I'm talking about Johann Burgmuller.

ihatepop

So look here

https://www.free-scores.com/Download-PDF-Sheet-Music-Johann-Friedrich-Franz-Burgmuller.htm


Johann Burgmüller (1806-1874) was born on December 4 in Regensburg, Germany. Also known as Friedrich Burgmüller, both his father, August, and his brother, Norbert, were composers. His father, a musical theater director in Weimar and other Sothern German Centers. In 1836, Johann moved to Paris where he stayed until his death. There, he adopted Parisan music and developed his trademark of light style of playing. He wrote many pieces of salon music for the piano and published several albums.

[asyncopated]

They have highly degenerate names.
Friedrich Burgmüller =  Johann Burgmüller = Johann Friedrich Burgmüller
Johann Friedrich Burgmüller not =  Johann August Franz Burgmüller
Johann August Franz Burgmüller not = August Joseph Norbert  Burgmüller

[mad_max2024]

Seems 19th century germans had a limited imagination for names...

[pianowelsh]

His studies come up at every class in local music festivals.  I think every kid whoever learned piano studied somethin of Burgmuller somewhere along the line. But I appreciate thats probably not the kind of info your really looking for.  He knew how to write pretty melodies and catchy atmospheric short pieces, which are at the same time able to teach you alot about finger control, rhythmic expression and musical expression in consise easy to interact with way.

[cfortunato]

The only thing of his that I know is the Opus 100, but I know that well, and I think it's about the best thing of its kind.  Lovely, simple, expressive tunes that are so nice that you don't even realize that you're actually learning a lot.  Actually, I would like to see his other etudes.