Sigismond Thalberg
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Sigismond Thalberg was a 19th-century virtuoso pianist and composer renowned for his operatic paraphrases and innovative three-hand piano technique.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sigismond Thalberg canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ pianist ⓘ virtuoso ⓘ |
| activeIn |
19th century
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Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Naples area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionalForm |
etude
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fantasia ⓘ nocturne ⓘ opera paraphrase ⓘ piano concerto ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1812-01-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1871-04-27 ⓘ |
| familyName | Thalberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Luigi Lablache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic music ⓘ |
| givenName | Sigismond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian opera
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operatic repertoire ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| knownFor | illusion of three hands on the piano ⓘ |
| lifespan | 1812–1871 ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Francesca Lablache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | piano duel with Franz Liszt in Paris in 1837 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
operatic paraphrases
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three-hand piano technique ⓘ virtuoso piano performance ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Louis Moreau Gottschalk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fantaisie sur des thèmes de Don Pasquale
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Fantaisie sur des thèmes de La sonnambula NERFINISHED ⓘ Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de Moïse (Op. 33) NERFINISHED ⓘ L’art du chant appliqué au piano (Op. 70) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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pianist ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Brazil
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Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Geneva region
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Pâquis, near Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Posillipo
NERFINISHED
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near Naples ⓘ |
| residence | Naples region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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