46 Facts About Sigismund Thalberg

Sigismond Sigismund Thalberg was an Austrian composer and one of the most distinguished virtuoso pianists of the 19th century.

Sigismund Thalberg was born in Paquis near Geneva, Switzerland, on 8 January 1812.

Moscheles, according to a letter to Felix Mendelssohn of 14 August 1836, had the impression that Sigismund Thalberg had already reached a level at which no further help would be needed in order to become a great artist.

Sigismund Thalberg's repertoire was mainly classical, including concertos by Hummel and Beethoven.

Sigismund Thalberg's had heard Thalberg on 14 May 1830 at a concert which he gave in the theatre of Leipzig.

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Sigismund Thalberg's playing was clear and precise, very strong and expressive.

Sigismund Thalberg performed on 16 November 1835 at a private concert of the Austrian ambassador Count Rudolph Apponyi.

Sigismund Thalberg was praised by many of the most prominent artists, among them Rossini and Meyerbeer.

Sigismund Thalberg is not only the premier pianist of the world, he is an extremely distinguished composer.

On 16 April 1836 Sigismund Thalberg gave his first solo concert in Paris, and the success was again sensational.

In May 1837 Sigismund Thalberg gave a concert in London, following which The Athenaeum gave an enthusiastic review.

Sigismund Thalberg left Paris on 18 April 1838, travelling to Vienna, the very day that Liszt gave there a charity concert for the benefit of the victims of a flood in Hungary.

Sigismund Thalberg invited Liszt for dinner, and the two great pianists dined together on the 28th with Prince Moritz Dietrichstein, who told Liszt, that he was delighted to have "Castor and Pollux" together in his home.

Liszt and Sigismund Thalberg were both dinner guests of Metternich During Liszt's stay in Vienna Sigismund Thalberg did not perform at all.

Sigismund Thalberg played with great skill and inspiration works by Beethoven, Schubert and Dussek, as well as Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op.

On 27 November 1838 Sigismund Thalberg took part in a charity concert, playing his new fantasy, Op.

Sigismund Thalberg then journeyed to Brussels, to meet his friend the violinist Charles de Beriot.

Sigismund Thalberg returned to London at the beginning of February 1840, and then travelled from London to Paris together with Baroness Wetzlar, his mother, awaiting the arrival of Liszt.

Sigismund Thalberg had already announced in December 1838, during his stay in Leipzig, that he would take time off at the end of his tour, and did not perform at any concert during his stay in spring 1840 in Paris.

Sigismund Thalberg got an invitation from the Russian Tsarina and performed at a court-concert in Ems, but this was his only concert during his stay in the Rhineland.

Sigismund Thalberg's bride was a young lady Maria Huber, born in Vienna, from Germany.

Sigismund Thalberg's was an orphan and had been adopted by Prince von Dietrichstein, Thalberg's father.

Sigismund Thalberg taught Beriot's son, the pianist Charles-Wilfrid de Beriot.

Sigismund Thalberg then travelled to Frankfurt-am-Main where he stayed until January 1841.

Sigismund Thalberg was busily composing new works; his Second Don Giovanni Fantasy op.

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Sigismund Thalberg then went to Leipzig, where he visited Mendelssohn and Schumann.

On Monday Sigismund Thalberg visited us and played to the delightment beautiful on my piano.

Sigismund Thalberg then travelled to Vienna and gave two successful concerts there.

Sigismund Thalberg then returned via Marseilles, Toulon and Dijon, arriving on 11 April 1842, in Paris.

Later in 1842 Sigismund Thalberg was decorated with the Cross of the French Legion of Honour.

Sigismund Thalberg travelled to Vienna where he stayed until fall 1842.

Sigismund Thalberg's performance is so gentlemanly, so entirely without any forced acting the genius, so entirely without that well-known brashness that makes a poor cover for inner insecurity.

Sigismund Thalberg travelled to London and gave a concert there on 28 May 1844.

On 22 July 1843 Sigismund Thalberg married Francesca, the eldest daughter of Luigi Lablache, first bass at the Theatre des Italiens in Paris.

Sigismund Thalberg returned to Europe, but after a stay of several months in Paris went on the steamboat Africa to North America, where he arrived on 3 October 1856, in New York.

On Sundays, concerts were generally only allowed if they presented "sacred music", but several times Sigismund Thalberg performed anyhow, playing pieces like his Moise-fantasy, based on a prayer from Rossini's opera, or his Huguenots-fantasy with the chorale "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" as main subject.

Sigismund Thalberg gave a series of solo matinees in New York and Boston at which he played own works as well as chamber music.

Sigismund Thalberg played works by Beethoven, among them the sonatas op.

Sigismund Thalberg played works by Bach, Chopin, Hummel, Mendelssohn and several other composers.

Sigismund Thalberg did not even perform at that concert, but very hastily left.

Sigismund Thalberg's wife had arrived from Europe, following reports that Thalberg had an extra-marital liaison.

Sigismund Thalberg's had been one of his students but she was misidentified as his daughter.

True reason that Francesca Sigismund Thalberg had left for America in June 1858 and shortly afterwards, together with her husband, very hastily returned to Europe is unknown.

Sigismund Thalberg suggested taking a position as piano professor at the conservatory in Naples, but it was defeated since an Italian nationality would be necessary.

Sigismund Thalberg is buried at Nuovo Cemetery in Napoli Italy in the Doganella section of Naples.

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Sigismund Thalberg was one of the most famous and most successful piano composers of the 19th century.